Texas Tribune TribCast
A weekly political gabfest
The Texas Tribune
Show overview
Texas Tribune TribCast has been publishing since 2013, and across the 13 years since has built a catalogue of 659 episodes, alongside 3 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 360 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 30 min and 35 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 26 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2017, with 109 episodes published. Published by The Texas Tribune.
From the publisher
The TribCast is a weekly political podcast hosted by Matthew Watkins, James Barragán and Eleanor Klibanoff, and featuring a rotating cast of editors, reporters and other guests. The TribCast is returning as a limited-run weekly series during the 2025 legislative session.
Latest Episodes
View all 659 episodesWhat a new Secretary of State could mean for Texas elections
Deep in the heart of the GOP convention
How big of a threat is screwworm?
Can Project Connect get back on track?
TribCast Live: Breaking Down the 2026 Texas Runoff Elections
Where have all the school kids gone?
The runoffs approach
The past and future of the Voting Rights Act in Texas
One on one with Sarah Eckhardt
Texas' looming data center fight
Greg Abbott battles the cities over working with ICE
One-on-one with Don Huffines
Anti-Muslim rhetoric in Texas politics
Assessing the school voucher rollout
In this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor speak with Tribune K-12 education reporter Jaden Edison about who applied for Texas Education Freedom Accounts, what's next for the program and why many Muslim schools were shut out.
Inside Texas' massive ICE detention facilities
Texas' sprawling immigration lockups are serving as a national blueprint. What's life like for detainees?
Corpus Christi’s water woes
What does Corpus’ looming water crisis mean for the rest of the state?
Cornyn, Paxton, Trump and the heated U.S. Senate runoff
In this week's episode, we're joined by Mark Davis, host of The Mark Davis Show in Dallas-Fort Worth, to discuss whether Donald Trump will endorse pick a side in the John Cornyn-Ken Paxton runoff and what impact that would have.
TribCast Live: Breaking down the 2026 Primary
The 2026 Texas primary elections mark a pivotal moment in a state where many races are effectively decided long before Election Day. There are more than 18 statewide elected officials up for election, along with Texas’ members of Congress, state legislators, district-based judges and local elected officials.The morning after March 3rd’s election, TribCast co-host and Tribune law and politics reporter Eleanor Klibanoff spoke with a panel of political reporters about what the election results mean for the state going forward.
TribCast Live: Previewing the 2026 Texas Primary
The Texas Tribune is grateful for the support of our sponsors. Presenting sponsor for this TribCast Live event is Builders. Major sponsors for the program are Texas Matters and Raise Your Hand Texas. Please note that while sponsorship provides critical support for the Tribune, sponsors play no role in programming or the line of questioning for Tribune events.The 2026 Texas primary elections mark a pivotal moment in a state where many races are effectively decided long before Election Day. There are more than 18 statewide elected officials up for election, along with Texas’ members of Congress, state legislators, district-based judges and local elected officials.Leading up to March 3rd’s primary election, join TribCast hosts Matthew Watkins and Eleanor Klibanoff, along with a panel of experts, for a discussion of where the state’s most consequential races stand and what their outcomes could mean for Texas.
El Paso's alarming airport shutdown
In this week's episode, Matthew talks with Robert Moore, CEO of El Paso Matters, about the federal government briefly pausing air travel into El Paso. What does it say about the federal government, border security and the lives of El Pasoans?