TribCast is a weekly political podcast, hosted by Matthew Watkins and Eleanor Klibanoff, and featuring a rotating cast of editors, reporters and other guests. The TribCast is returning as a limited-run series during the 2025 legislative session. More in this series

The Texas Tribune Tribcast for June 17, 2022.

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In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Washington Bureau Chief Abby Livingston about a busy week in Texas politics and Reveal reporter Cassandra Jaramillo about her investigation into the finances of conservative nonprofit True the Vote.

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Todd Wiseman was the senior editor for video and multimedia at The Texas Tribune, where he worked from 2010 to 2023. Todd previously worked at the Austin School of Film and Synthetic Pictures and interned...

Matthew Watkins began serving as editor in chief of the Tribune in September 2024. Matthew is a Texas native, born in Houston and raised in Austin. He attended public schools and graduated from Texas A&M...