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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 30 | #136 | #138 |
| Oct 26 | #176 | #178 |
| Oct 25 | #121 | #122 |
| Oct 20 | #150 | #151 |
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Texas Matters: Is Elon Musk on the ballot? How Abbott's data center pause failed. Who will certify the elections?
October 23, 2026 · 29 minThis week on Texas Matters: Elon Musk is pumping about $200 million into the election to help Republicans. So then is Musk on the ballot? Also, Governor Abbott said he hit pause on new data centers — but that didn’t really happen. And if…
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Texas Matters: Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle and a Texas anthropologist receives a 'genius grant'
October 2, 2026 · 29 minThis week on Texas Matters: President Trump makes a Texas campaign stop in Texas. Inside Ken Paxton’s jet-setting travels. And a Texas State University anthropologist wins a “genius award."
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Texas Matters: Dems surge in polling, the high cost of diesel and how the indictments of noncitizen voters could impact the election
September 18, 2026 · 29 minToday on Texas Matters: New polling in Texas shows that the coming election could break a 30-year drought for Democrats. How high diesel prices are impacting truckers and consumers. And after seven indictments for noncitizens voting in…
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Texas Matters: Ectopic pregnancy deaths rise, maternal mortality report delayed and ICE at polling places
September 11, 2026 · 29 minThis week on Texas Matters: Ectopic pregnancy deaths are increasing in Texas. Is there a link to abortion bans? The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee is holding back its report until after the election. What are the…
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Texas Matters: Rep. Goodwin on Texas voter suppression and how the petrochemical industry burdens Gulf Coast cities
September 5, 2026 · 29 minThis week on Texas Matters: Will it be harder to vote in Texas in the coming midterm elections? We hear from Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor, Vikki Goodwin. And the Texas Gulf Coast is home to the nation’s petrochemical industry. Is…
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Texas Matters: Why so many Texas schools are closing and the new 'right to repair' in Texas
August 28, 2026 · 29 minThis week on Texas Matters: Why are so many Texas public school campuses closing? We hear about the impact of vouchers, charter schools and the underfunding of the public school system. Also, a new law in Texas goes into effect in Texas on…
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Texas Matters: Ken Paxton corruption questions and Texas transmission lines
August 21, 2026 · 29 minThis week on Texas Matters: Is the Republican nominee for Senate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, exceptionally corrupt? One group is calling out Paxton’s alleged history of abusing his office. And the fight in Texas over transmission…
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Texas Matters: Home insurance costs skyrocket and Texas juvenile justice problems persist
August 14, 2026 · 29 minTexas home insurance costs are skyrocketing and becoming a barrier for housing affordability. Rising insurance costs disproportionately burden low- and moderate-income families, erode homeownership stability and weaken communities. And how…
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Texas Matters: The politics of data centers
August 7, 2026 · 29 minThis week on Texas Matters— How data centers have become a hot-button issue this political cycle and how that controversy could tip the rural vote in the 2026 midterm election. Quorum Report's Scott Braddock breaks down the Texas political…
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Former Austin Mayor Steve Adler reflects on the capital city's explosive growth, homelessness and threats to democracy
July 31, 2026 · 29 minDuring his time as mayor of Austin from 2015 through 2023, the capital city grew by 20%, saw homelessness become a crisis and faced off against a Republican state government that threatened to take over the city. In Adler's new book, "Hot…
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Texas Matters: 'After the Flood' Episode 3 — Investigating the Camp Mystic deaths
July 10, 2026 · 29 minNearly a year after the July 4, 2025, floods in the Texas Hill Country, the families of children and counselors killed at Camp Mystic are still seeking accountability and pushing for stronger safety standards.
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Texas Matters: 'After The Flood' — Part 2
July 2, 2026 · 29 minIt has been one year since the tragic flash flood on the upper Guadalupe River that took over 117 lives. Why were local officials caught off guard when the rains came and the flooding hit? The region is called "flash flood alley," and…
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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.