In the final Second Reading podcast before Election Day, JIm Henson and Josh Blank round up some of the prominent topics of media coverage of the Texas election, including the increasing importance of indepdendents in a more competitive Texas, the difficulties of polling Hispanic voters, the Texas suburbs, and interpreting all that early voting.
About the Second Reading podcast. The podcast is produced by the Texas Politics Project, with production support from UT's Liberal Arts Development Studio, since 2016. It was initially distributed as an instructional component for a course in Texas government and politics offered by the government department at UT Austin during summer semesters. These shows were generally hosted by Jim Henson, who designed the UT course, and usually featured Josh Blank, with intermittent in-studio guests. The podcast as graduated from instructional use and is now publicly available via major podcast channels. You can find past episodes and subscribe to the Second Reading podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.