Texas Talks
Hosted by Brad Swail · Texas Talks
5.0from 4 ratings
- 150
- Episodes
- 137
- Transcribed
- 4
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 100K
- YouTube views
About Texas Talks
Texas Talks with Brad Swail, brought to you by the Texas Dispatch, is a weekly podcast that features wide-ranging discussions with the people, organizations, and businesses that shape public policy in Texas. Texas Talks aims to provide listeners with a deeper understanding of the policy debates and reasons and insight into the personalities that shape public policy in Texas.
- Publisher
- Texas Talks
- Category
- government · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
137 of 150 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 133 - Should Texas Build a Statewide Prosecutor for One County? | Rep. Carl Tepper
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 130 - The State of Children's Mental Health with Chris Bryan | Live | Part 2
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 130 - The Real Economics of Texas Hospitals with Allen Harrison | Part 1
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Ep. 133 - Should Texas Build a Statewide Prosecutor for One County? | Rep. Carl Tepper
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I would hate to see that we have the state fund a big giant office because we have one problem with one county and one DA. Yeah. So I would have to take a close look at that to see what side I fall on. One of the problems is that Travis County keeps electing this guy. Yeah. And he has absolutely abrogated his responsibilities of indicting and enforcing the laws, particularly violent and criminal laws, And so it kind of puts us between a rock and a hard place, not wanting to interfere with elections or, you know, the democratic process of Travis County. But on the other hand, the job has to get done. […]
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- Carl Tepper
- Chris Bryan
- Allen Harrison
- Katrina Pierson
- Patrick Quigley
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- YouTube views
- 99,678
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100
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- Quality
- 82
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 89
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