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Second Reading Podcast: A conversation with Ross Ramsey about the big issues facing Texas
April 20, 2022 | By: Texas Politics Project

Jim Henson talks with Ross Ramsey about how Texas is tackling the fundamental issues facing the state, and how he's thinking about them as he writes his last set of regular analysis columns as Executive Editor of The Texas Tribune.  

The podcast uses three of Ramsey's columns from the week as points of departure for the discussions:

Analysis: Texas schools need support from politically distracted state leaders

Analysis: Texans without high-speed internet are getting closer, slowly

Analysis: Gerrymandering has left Texas voters with few options

In the final moments, talk turns to Texans' views of the track the state is on...

About the Second Reading podcast. The podcast has been produced intermittently by Jim Henson for the Texas Politics Project, with production support from UT's Liberal Arts Development Studio, since 2016. You can find past episodes and subscribe to the Second Reading podcast in Apple PodcastsSpotify,  and Stitcher.

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