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Y’all-itics is the unofficial political podcast of Texas. Each week we’ll crack open an ice-cold Texas brew and explore a single hot topic affecting Texans. But this isn’t politics as usual. Y’all-itics doesn’t come from a fancy studio. We’re taking our podcast on the road to get past the soundbites and dive deeper into the issues that matter to y’all. Leave your labels at the door, this is a political podcast for all Texans… even the recent transplants!

Episode Date
“We’re gonna go so far to the right that we’re wrong.”
Apr 21, 2024
Why Texas secession would be "highly problematic"
Apr 14, 2024
Is Ken Paxton unstoppable?
Apr 07, 2024
Finally, Texas has Taxation WITH Representation
Mar 31, 2024
SPECIAL RELEASE: ‘Prison was never a possibility.’ Why the special prosecutor settled criminal charges with Ken Paxton.
Mar 27, 2024
Save the machines! Hand-counting ballots did not work
Mar 24, 2024
Texas isn’t an oil and gas state. It’s an energy state.
Mar 17, 2024
Texas Election hangover edition
Mar 06, 2024
A woman will likely lead Mexico this summer. Will she impact border politics?
Mar 03, 2024
What else is flooding over the Texas-Mexico border
Feb 25, 2024
Election 2024: Is Texas breaking its own law?
Feb 20, 2024
Nikki Haley in Texas. Unedited.
Feb 16, 2024
The political theater of Eagle Pass, TX
Feb 11, 2024
Is Ken Paxton a Flight Risk? GOP lawmaker goes unplugged.
Feb 02, 2024
“The biggest term of our lifetimes”: Texas challenges law & order at the Supreme Court
Jan 28, 2024
Uvalde victims may lose their right to sue to the state
Jan 19, 2024
The caucus carcass: A postmortem from Iowa.
Jan 16, 2024
Iowa is gonna leave Texas with slim pickins
Jan 13, 2024
Why Texas is dead last in personal freedom
Jan 07, 2024
Rewind: Will “Educational Freedom” Handcuff Public Schools in Texas?
Dec 31, 2023
Rewind: Are Texas Democrats destined for permanent minority status?
Dec 24, 2023
Republicans do it. Democrats don’t. That’s why this race is so rare.
Dec 17, 2023
Houston got 60% of its homeless off the street. Here’s how.
Dec 10, 2023
Can 1,500 sq. ft. makes Texas more affordable?
Dec 03, 2023
SPECIAL RELEASE EPISODE: Republican Lawmaker Responds To Our Last Episode
Nov 29, 2023
Texas Will Test Federal Law Again. Bring Your Passport
Nov 25, 2023
Many Texans owe $0 in school property taxes... possibly FOR LIFE! Is it sustainable?
Nov 19, 2023
Weeks Before Winter, A Revelation from ERCOT's CEO
Nov 12, 2023
Depression isn’t political
Nov 05, 2023
Who writes this s***? Y’all-itics: October 29, 2023
Oct 29, 2023
What Texans don’t know about Roland Gutierrez and his campaign for U.S. Senate Y’all-itics: October 22, 2023
Oct 22, 2023
How fragile is U.S. Democracy? 13 Presidential Centers issue an urgent call to action Y'all-itics: October 15, 2023
Oct 15, 2023
Why Texas moms could sink school choice Y’all-itics: October 8, 2023
Oct 08, 2023
How many millions you might still pay the Paxton whistleblowers: “$3.3 can turn into $9.3” Y'all-itics: September 28th, 2023
Sep 28, 2023
Dan Patrick takes us behind the scenes of the Paxton impeachment trial and acquittal Y'all-itics: September 20th, 2023
Sep 21, 2023
The closing arguments in the Ken Paxton impeachment trial Y’all-itics special release: September 15, 2023
Sep 15, 2023
After the Paxton trial could there be a season of revenge?
Sep 13, 2023
Could week one in the Paxton impeachment trial be any more explosive? Y'all-itics: Special Release: September 8th, 2023
Sep 08, 2023
The opening statements in the Ken Paxton impeachment trial Y’all-itics Special Release: September 6, 2023
Sep 06, 2023
It only takes 10 Republicans to save Ken Paxton. Will they? Y’all-itics Early Release: September 1, 2023
Sep 01, 2023
The Former State Senator Asking For $12M. Not For Re-Election. For Uvalde Y'all-itics: August 27th, 2023
Aug 27, 2023
The Former State Senator Asking For $12M. Not For Re-Election. For Uvalde Y'all-itics: August 27th, 2023
Aug 27, 2023
The October showdown that could decide the future of education in Texas Y’all-itics: August 20, 2023
Aug 20, 2023
With Stretched Budgets, Texas Schools Go On An Armed Officer Hiring Spree Y'all-itics: August 13, 2023
Aug 13, 2023
Are Texas Democrats destined for permanent minority status? Y’all-itics: August 6, 2023
Aug 06, 2023
Why can't grandma move onto our property? Y’all-itics: July 30, 2023
Jul 30, 2023
The Texas Kayaker taking on the Governor at the border Y’all-itics: July 21, 2023
Jul 21, 2023
A glimpse inside the Texas Attorney General’s office after Paxton’s suspension
Jul 14, 2023
30-minutes was all it took for Texas leaders to agree on property tax relief. Here’s how much you’ll save.
Jul 10, 2023
Plenty of controversial decisions, but this Supreme Court may be remembered for what wasn't addressed
Jul 09, 2023
Property tax relief: “a legislative Vietnam”
Jul 02, 2023
Do the impeachment trial rules help or hurt Ken Paxton?
Jun 22, 2023
Does a third political party have a chance in Texas? Y’all-itics: June 18, 2023
Jun 18, 2023
Discussing... and cussing... the latest bills to fix the Texas power grid Y’all-itics: June 11, 2023
Jun 11, 2023
The Legendary Texas lawyers prosecuting Ken Paxton call their case as "strong as horseradish" Yall-itics: June 2, 2023
Jun 02, 2023
The Republican case against Ken Paxton Y’all-itics: May 27, 2022
May 27, 2023
Early release: Raise your hand if you saw the Paxton impeachment coming Y’all-itics Early Release: May 26, 2022
May 26, 2023
Why the end of Title 42 returned our southern border “back to normal” Y’all-itics: May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023
Will Texas Republicans ever reach a tipping point for guns? Y’all-itics: May 14, 2023
May 14, 2023
The Step-By-Step to Actually Lower Your Property Taxes This Year Y’all-itics Special Release: May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023
Is Southwest Airlines ready for summer travel? Let’s ask the CEO Yall-itics: May 7th, 2023
May 07, 2023
Some Parishioners to Catholic Bishops: Stay In Your Lane and Out of Politics Yall-itics: April 30, 2023
Apr 30, 2023
“This is a missile in search of a target” Y’all-itics: April 23, 2023
Apr 23, 2023
“Hell will freeze over”: Dan Patrick on property taxes, parental freedom and the stalled push for his priorities Y’all-itics Special Release: April 18, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
Governor Abbott's Unusual Offer To A Convicted Murderer Y’all-itics: April 16, 2023
Apr 16, 2023
Nonbinary frogs, a fed-up mom and the effort to make school boards boring again Y’all-itics: April 9, 202
Apr 09, 2023
Rewind: The GOP Governor Next Door Who’s (Likely) Running for President Y’all-itics Rewind: April 3, 2023
Apr 03, 2023
Texas’ Housing Crisis: “I can see San Francisco in the headlights” Y’all-itics: April 2, 2023
Apr 02, 2023
Overdosing in Texas: We've heard drug warnings for decades, but this time it's different Y’all-itics: March 26, 202
Mar 26, 2023
Will “Educational Freedom” Handcuff Public Schools in Texas? Y’all-itics: March 17, 2023
Mar 19, 2023
Texas Is Among the Worst in Voter Turnout. What 100+ New Election Bills might mean to Texas Voters Yall-itics: March 12, 2023
Mar 12, 2023
Do Businesses Deserve Their Own Court System? Half of the Country Has Them. Why Doesn’t Texas? Yall-itics: March 5th, 2023
Mar 05, 2023
The science to reducing violent crime. Why other cities are now looking at Dallas.
Feb 26, 2023
Cough medicine requires it. Should buying bullets in bulk?
Feb 19, 2023
It's too easy to steal property in Texas. Will state lawmakers fix it? Y’all-itics: February 12, 2023
Feb 12, 2023
Why were the cops fired so fast? Tyre Nichols’ murder might set a new precedent. Yallitics: February 5, 2023
Feb 05, 2023
How to Escape from Afghanistan to Texas… Alive Y’all-itics: January 29, 2023
Jan 30, 2023
Mr. Bhojani takes his Quran to Austin (and makes Texas history) Y’all-itics: January 22, 2023
Jan 22, 2023
$32 Billion EXTRA in Texas. How much will you get? Y’all-itics: January 15, 2023
Jan 15, 2023
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s Political Primer for the Texas Legislative Session Y’all-itics: January 8, 2023
Jan 08, 2023
Rewind: The Playbook to Take Down Texas Public Schools Y’all-itics Rewind: January 1, 2023
Jan 01, 2023
Rewind: This Might be Your Best Year to Fight Property Tax Appraisals! Y’all-itics Rewind: December 25, 2022
Dec 25, 2022
The Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court That Could Lead to Election Chaos Yallitics: December 18, 2022
Dec 18, 2022
Family, Food, Politics… and Anxiety. Welcome to the Holidays! Yallitics: December 11, 2022
Dec 11, 2022
A 14-year-old Preparing to Vote? How Gen Z is Disrupting Politics Yallitics: December 4, 2022
Dec 04, 2022
The Harris County election under investigation: Was there a crime...or is this just politics? Y’all-itics: November 27, 2022
Nov 27, 2022
What’s next for Beto? Texas Democrats should be optimistic, top staffer says Y’all-itics: November 20, 2022
Nov 20, 2022
Inside the Greg Abbott Political Machine, Why Abbott Never Worried About Beto Yall-itics: November 13, 2022
Nov 13, 2022
Election Hangover Edition Y’all-itics: November 8, 2022
Nov 09, 2022
Where are the Voters in Texas? Y’all-itics Early Release: November 4, 2022
Nov 04, 2022
The Texas Election will Dictate the Nation’s Future Y’all-itics: October 30, 2022
Oct 30, 2022
How “3 pieces of bacon” in Texas could change national politics
Oct 23, 2022
This is as close to a second gubernatorial debate as Texas will get.
Oct 16, 2022
The GOP Governor Next Door Who’s (Likely) Running for President
Oct 09, 2022
One debate. Two candidates. 38-days until the election. Did anything change?
Oct 01, 2022
Winter is coming. ERCOT’s CEO takes our questions on whether the Texas Grid is ready.
Sep 25, 2022
How the Texas GOP tried to get some Candidates Removed from your November Ballot
Sep 18, 2022
Republicans Backing a Democrat: Canary in the Coal Mine for Texas GOP?
Sep 11, 2022
SCOOP: A Republican with 25-years in office will back a Democrat for one of Texas’ top jobs
Sep 04, 2022
Mission to the Moon: Beyond Flags & Footprints
Aug 29, 2022
Two Voices You Haven't Heard In The Book Debate
Aug 24, 2022
First Anne Frank. Then the Bible. Are any books safe in Texas school libraries?
Aug 22, 2022
A Texas sized tax surplus. So, do we get a refund?
Aug 14, 2022
“Deep in the Pockets of Texas”
Aug 08, 2022
Watering Lawns in Dallas Might Require Flooding Farms in East Texas
Jul 31, 2022
Texas Might be First to Ban Minors from Social Media
Jul 25, 2022
Will the Texas grid make it through the summer?
Jul 18, 2022
"It's a very interesting time to be an openly gay Republican" (in Texas)
Jul 11, 2022
$6 Gas in Texas by Labor Day?
Jul 04, 2022
“I think that what you’ll find is chaos.”
Jun 27, 2022
The End of Abortion in Texas
Jun 24, 2022
Will your A/C stay on in Texas this Summer?
Jun 20, 2022
“It consumes all of our day. And it consumes all of our nights.”
Jun 13, 2022
Numbers aren’t Political. The Government says Texas Discriminated.
Jun 07, 2022
The University of Texas Lab that’s Saved Millions of Lives
May 30, 2022
Don’t Think it Happens in Texas? It Does Now.
May 24, 2022
Don’t let the Hatch Hit you on the Way Out!
May 17, 2022
Where are all the Texas Judges?
May 10, 2022
From Parking Lots to Parks: Downtown Dallas’ Urban Renewal
May 02, 2022
This Might be Your Best Year to Fight Property Tax Appraisals.
Apr 25, 2022
The Political Rise of Greg Abbott
Apr 19, 2022
Y’all-itics Takeover: Cynthia Izaguirre Came To Get Answers
Apr 12, 2022
It Sounds Crazy to a lot of People. But it Sounds Less Crazy Everyday
Apr 04, 2022
Dwaine Caraway is Planning His Comeback
Mar 31, 2022
How Latinos Might Save Our Democracy
Mar 29, 2022
The Border Crisis 6,000 Miles Away and Why it’s Coming to Texas
Mar 24, 2022
She’s a 24-year-old American photojournalist awaiting the Russians in Kyiv
Mar 22, 2022
What if Blondes and Redheads were Outlawed? Why Natural Hair Should be a Basic Right
Mar 15, 2022
The Wastes of War, the Wounds of War
Mar 08, 2022
Who Won, Who Didn’t and What’s Next
Mar 02, 2022
Step Aside Russian Oil. Texas Oil is Ready to Take Over
Mar 01, 2022
EMERGENCY EPISODE: WiFi could be cut, please call me in Ukraine quickly
Feb 25, 2022
Republicans Smoke Weed Too
Feb 22, 2022
The Playbook to Take Down Texas Public Schools
Feb 15, 2022
Texas is Hiring a Lawyer
Feb 08, 2022
Confessions of a Texas Transplant
Jan 31, 2022
Texas workers keep quitting, Texas employers keep paying more. Can this keep up?
Jan 24, 2022
Hey Austin: Let Us Do Our Jobs!
Jan 18, 2022
The State of Texas is Calling Out Sick
Jan 11, 2022
What to Expect in Texas Politics in 2022
Jan 04, 2022
Rewind: Dale Hansen Unplugging
Dec 28, 2021
Rewind: We’re Out of Houses in Texas
Dec 21, 2021
I Figured I’d See a lot of Penguins
Dec 14, 2021
Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines, and the Texas tavern where it all began
Dec 07, 2021
The Texas Growth Model
Nov 30, 2021
The New Abnormal in Texas
Nov 23, 2021
Our Boss gave us Six Months... You gave us Two Years
Nov 19, 2021
Beto’s Back… on Y’all-itics
Nov 15, 2021
A Short Message From The Jasons
Nov 10, 2021
This Is What We’re Headed For. Period.
Nov 09, 2021
The Death Divide in Texas
Nov 02, 2021
How the Supreme Court could Strike Down Texas Law and Still Limit Abortion
Oct 26, 2021
Why the Texas Power Grid could still be Vulnerable to “Large-Scale Failures” this Winter
Oct 19, 2021
Collier v. Dowd on Texas’ two biggest problems, gun rights and Beto
Oct 12, 2021
Will Election Audits be our New Normal?
Oct 05, 2021
Talking to the two ‘yahoos‘ suing over Texas‘ abortion law
Sep 28, 2021
The Lincoln Project: Gov. Abbott more Dangerous than Trump
Sep 21, 2021
Republicans think Gov. Abbott is vulnerable. Why don’t Texas Democrats?
Sep 14, 2021
Texas Bullet Train CEO: The details you haven’t heard.
Sep 07, 2021
After Afghanistan: The Paperwork War
Aug 30, 2021
Concerts, COVID and Cold Ones
Aug 24, 2021
Legal Purgatory: What Texas Courts Say About Your Masks
Aug 17, 2021
The Masked Resistance Fights Back in Texas
Aug 12, 2021
Redistricting: ”What used to be a dark art has become a dark science”
Aug 10, 2021
Why the right is running against Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton
Aug 03, 2021
Could this school year actually be more challenging than the last?
Jul 27, 2021
D.C., Miller Lite, & Monopoly: The Politics of Voting in Texas
Jul 19, 2021
Are Republicans Unraveling a Texas President's Proudest Achievement?
Jul 13, 2021
Can Texas Republicans even agree with each other in the special session?
Jul 06, 2021
The New Political Party in Texas
Jun 29, 2021
You Might Not Recognize Downtown Dallas In A Few Years
Jun 22, 2021
Texas has a different kind of ‘foundation problem’ right now
Jun 15, 2021
“We Have Stepped Out of the Shadow of Dallas”
Jun 10, 2021
“We Have No Idea Who the Good Guy is”
Jun 08, 2021
You Can’t Even Find Dirt to Build Homes on in Texas
Jun 01, 2021
Wasted Energy?
May 25, 2021
Dale Hansen Unplugging
May 19, 2021
Why Nobody Knows Exactly How Many Texas Teachers Have Died of COVID-19
May 18, 2021
Could Gender Parity Help Texas Lawmakers Get More Done
May 11, 2021
How Texas Could Replace Property Taxes
May 04, 2021
How to lower your property appraisal (and hopefully your property taxes, too)
Apr 27, 2021
The Chauvin Verdict: “There’s Still Hope”
Apr 20, 2021
Is Texas Ready for the Steep Cost of the Election Bills?
Apr 20, 2021
The Ghost Residents Who Live All Over, But Vote in Texas
Apr 13, 2021
Race, Violence and Medicine
Apr 06, 2021
We’re Out of Houses in Texas
Mar 30, 2021
The Fight To Vote or The Right to Vote
Mar 22, 2021
“Duct Tape Immigration Policy”
Mar 16, 2021
Bonus Podcast: Dr. Fauci’s Texas Report Card
Mar 11, 2021
Coastal Distancing, Big Expectations and Fainting Turtles
Mar 09, 2021
Texas is Losing 1,000 Restaurants Every Month
Mar 02, 2021
How the GOP Remembers… the Bill that Died Before the Power Did
Feb 26, 2021
The Bill That Died Before The Power Did
Feb 23, 2021
Emergency Podcast: ERCOT's CEO Talks to Y'all-Itics
Feb 16, 2021
They tripped. We froze.
Feb 16, 2021
Rooted: The Basic Right to Natural Hair
Feb 09, 2021
The Black Lawman 150 Years in the Making
Feb 02, 2021
Key cards, COVID, and Kiwis
Jan 29, 2021
29M People, 1.7M Doses.  The Hunger Games Rollout in Texas
Jan 26, 2021
Forget Trump. The Lincoln Project Now Targets Texas Senator Ted Cruz
Jan 19, 2021
Cutting Your Property Taxes in Half and Other Texas Dreams During the 87th Legislature
Jan 12, 2021
Could the 25th Take Down the 45th?
Jan 07, 2021
Why does the GOP’s $100 Million Woman want to Crawl into a Hole?
Jan 05, 2021
An influential “Green Republican” in red Texas
Dec 15, 2020
Equality in banking: Access to loans isn’t equal in Texas.
Dec 08, 2020
Can Your Boss Force You to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?
Dec 01, 2020
Better Get Your Ship Together
Nov 24, 2020
Black Women Put Biden-Harris Ticket Over the Top. Now, They Expect Results.
Nov 17, 2020
Latino Voters Won’t Show Up to a Party They’re Not Invited to
Nov 10, 2020
The Texas Autopsy: What Went Wrong for Democrats and Right for Republicans?
Nov 05, 2020
Texas is a National Obsession Because of its “Unstable” Politics (Proceed with Caution with any Predictions)
Nov 02, 2020
Bonus Episode: Campaign swag, vodka and soda: The politics of products
Oct 28, 2020
Ammo is sold out. What are Texans preparing for?
Oct 27, 2020
Can “Deep MAGA Country” Help Biden in Texas?
Oct 22, 2020
9,000 Votes an Hour
Oct 20, 2020
We Can’t do our Work without an Audience: Artists feel Left Behind in Pandemic Politics
Oct 13, 2020
“He who lives by the crystal ball learns to eat broken glass”. A well-known Texan warns about election predictions.
Oct 08, 2020
Will the Shrapnel from Paxton’s Bombshell Hurt the TX GOP?
Oct 05, 2020
You Might Get Really Annoyed, but Welcome to a Battleground State
Sep 29, 2020
Sen. Cruz: It’s not Hypocrisy, it’s Politics
Sep 23, 2020
Criminal Justice Reform. What does that really mean?
Sep 22, 2020
GOP Leader: “We are not to be Ruled. We’re Supposed to be Governed.”
Sep 15, 2020
Beto 2020: No Meat, No Guns, No Regrets
Sep 08, 2020
We’ve Politically Charged a Human Issue (early release)
Aug 27, 2020
RNC 2020: Principles, personality but no platform? Texas lawmakers says it’s a mistake
Aug 25, 2020
DNC 2020: Excitement, Worry Among Prominent Texas Democrats
Aug 18, 2020
Don’t Yo-Yo Us Around
Aug 11, 2020
Make the Lines Go Away
Aug 04, 2020
Will Green Turn Texas Blue?
Jul 28, 2020
Finding the Will to Teach
Jul 21, 2020
Plexiglass, puzzles and pedals: The Pandemic Economy in Texas
Jul 14, 2020
Pizza and Plexiglass: How a Texas restaurant is surviving (when almost a third may never reopen)
Jul 07, 2020
What the Covid-19 crystal ball predicts for Texas in July
Jun 30, 2020
This Is Sports for the Unathletic
Jun 23, 2020
We Just Want a Job
Jun 16, 2020
So What Now?
Jun 09, 2020
My Skin is not a Weapon
Jun 02, 2020
American Astronauts. American Spacecraft. American Soil.
May 26, 2020
First the pandemic. Now property appraisals. A big tax battle is about to begin.
May 19, 2020
Disinfection theater, robots, and bright lights
May 12, 2020
The cubicle’s comeback, standup meetings and social distancing at the office
May 05, 2020
The struggle is real. Now the UNEMPLOYMENT AGENCY is having to borrow money.
Apr 28, 2020
Voting for President… in your Pajamas
Apr 21, 2020
Hydroxy-what? The most politicized pharmaceutical of the moment
Apr 13, 2020
Caller please hold, a Texas Workforce Commission update
Apr 10, 2020
What’s it really like in a COVID unit? A Texas nurse tells us.
Apr 06, 2020
Covid 19: Unemployment questions and answers
Apr 02, 2020
Covid-19: Beer trucks, egg deliveries, and RVs for MDs
Mar 30, 2020
"We can't buy our way out of a crisis"
Mar 26, 2020
Covid-19: The layoffs are coming, but there's still some hope
Mar 23, 2020
Early Release: This became an economic pandemic long before it became a health pandemic
Mar 13, 2020
Where do old voting machines go to die? (+ a Texas coronavirus update)
Mar 10, 2020
BONUS EPISODE: Y'all really turned out Super Tuesday
Mar 04, 2020
Coronavirus: What Texas learned from Ebola
Mar 03, 2020
Is health care a right… or a commodity?
Feb 25, 2020
The President called while I was in the shower
Feb 18, 2020
Registering to vote by photo booth
Feb 11, 2020
I still don’t know who won Iowa. Does it matter now?
Feb 04, 2020
The Expensive Silence
Jan 28, 2020
The U-Haul full of hemp
Jan 21, 2020
Frenemy of the state: Saudi Arabia’s role in US-Iran clash
Jan 14, 2020
Living in fear: The people who don’t report crimes in Texas.
Jan 07, 2020
Emergency Podcast: Yes, the U.S./Iran conflict affects your money. Here’s how
Jan 03, 2020
How the new trade deal will benefit Texas big time
Dec 31, 2019
Bridging the political divide, part 2
Dec 24, 2019
Bridging the political divide, part 1
Dec 17, 2019
Battleground counties will decide 2020. One in Texas could be pivotal
Dec 10, 2019
Why do politicians ignore black women?
Dec 03, 2019
How the tit-for-tat trade war is hurting Texans
Nov 26, 2019
2020 will be the year of political text messages
Nov 19, 2019
Y'all-itics: Coming November 19
Nov 07, 2019