- 130
- Episodes
- 110
- Transcribed
- 40
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 2M
- YouTube views
About Texas Matters
Texas is a big state with a growing, diverse population and as the population grows, the issues and challenges facing its residents multiply. Texas Matters is a statewide news program that spends half an hour each week looking at the issues and culture of Texas.
- Publisher
- David Martin Davies
- Category
- government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
110 of 130 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Texas Matters: Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle and a Texas anthropologist receives a 'genius grant'
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Texas Matters: Dems surge in polling, the high cost of diesel and how the indictments of noncitizen voters could impact the election
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Texas Matters: Ectopic pregnancy deaths rise, maternal mortality report delayed and ICE at polling places
Inside a recent episode
Texas Matters: Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle and a Texas anthropologist receives a 'genius grant'
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It is now 3.4%, which is higher. The price of gasoline is now approximately 44% higher than when Trump was inaugurated in 2025. An investigation into Ken Paxton's travel as Texas Attorney General is raising eyebrows. The investigation by the Associated Press examines whether Paxton's travel and national political ambitions have come at the expense of his duties as Texas Attorney General. AP found more than 275 out-of-state trips, approximately 730 workdays with no entries on his official calendar, and at least $1.9 million in taxpayer-funded security expenses since he took office in 2015. Destinations include California's wine country, ski resorts, and overseas tourist locations. […]
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- Vikki Goodwin
- Scott Braddock
- Steve Adler
- Sid Miller
- Ed Hirs
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 1,761,457
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 38 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 63
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 98
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