Ragged Edge on the road with Rep. James Talarico

06/11/21 • 50 min

We took our second-ever road trip to the Texas Beer Co. for an in depth conversation with Texas HD52 State Rep. James Talarico. We talked about the good, the bad and the ugly from the 87th meeting of the Texas Legislature, why redistricting is a bi-partisan issue and the importance of civics education in our public schools.

Previous Episode

An interview remnant with Jon Stone

A few weeks ago, I had my cousin on the show to talk about Oran Roberts, the most important Texas you never heard of. As is often the case, especially where conversations with Jon are concerned, we talked about a lot of stuff that didn’t make it into the interview. Well, I saved that part of the interview for a special edition I’m calling “Remnants.” We talked about the civil war, politics today and ... well, little known facts about the Louisiana Purchase.
Also, Program Notes:
Live event 7 p.m. June 10 at @texasbeerco with @jamestalarico
Later in June, Jason Stanford sits in to talk about his new book,
Forget the Alamo.

Next Episode

The Ragged Edge on the road — again! — with Rep. John Bucy

Our show this week is another on the road edition, this one recorded during a town hall for State Rep. John Bucy on the patio at Whitestone brewery in Cedar Park and hosted by the Hill Country News. I got to moderate the conversation. Every time we do one of these live programs, we learn something new ... this time we learned that matter how hard I try, I just don’t have the resources to get a clean recording of an outdoor event amid all the traffic and wind and other extraneous noises ... so, our apologies for all that. Like our previous on the road edition, this is an extended episode and includes a whole lot of Texas state government policy wonkiness.