146 episodes
Puro Politics San Antonio Express-News
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4.6 • 27 Ratings
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A weekly podcast hosted by metro columnist Gilbert Garcia with a roundtable of the Express-News political team, editorial board members and metro editor Greg Jefferson. Join them as they examine current events, hash out rivalries and go on the record with guests from local and state arenas.
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Spurs tip their hand on arena talks
The latest news on the team's bid for a downtown arena, plus Arizona abortion law parallels and appraisal board changes on this week's episode of Puro Politics.
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Spurs confirm talks for downtown ‘project’ at possible arena site
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Manny's mayoral bid
San Antonio's District 8 councilman Manny Peláez explains why he's running and what he hopes to accomplish.
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After a long windup, Manny Peláez says he's running for mayor
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Texas GOP picks a fight with H-E-B
The Puro Politics team talks about Republican resolutions against Charles Butt, San Antonio's charter review and Ken Paxton's settlement.
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H-E-B’s Charles Butt among Forbes’ list of 400 richest people in the U.S.
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Law professor Al Kauffman on SB4
St. Mary's University constitutional scholar breaks down Texas "show me your papers" law.
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Texas' migrant deportation law was in place for nine hours. It was chaotic.
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Tony Gonzales takes on The AK Guy
San Antonio congressman talks about his runoff race with Brandon Herrera.
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'AK Guy' campaigns with Matt Gaetz in bid to oust rep Tony Gonzales
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Primary election recap
Breaking down a Super Tuesday that was less than super for anti-voucher Republicans.
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Abbott's fight for Texas school vouchers poised for victory after GOP primary
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Customer Reviews
If you’re into local politics...
And you’re not already listening to this, you’re not actually into local politics.
This podcast has extensive coverage of San Antonio and Central Texas’ most pressing political stories. With Gilbert Garcia at the helm, and reoccurring regulars including reporters, editorial board members and miscellaneous untitled staff (ie. Brian Chasnoff — what does he actually do at the SAE-N??) the facts are accurate even if you don’t always agree with the POV.
Honestly the biggest mystery is how Texas politicos got their SA fix before this show. Highly recommend.
Enjoy the politics but wish the cast had more diversity
I really enjoy listening to the podcast but wish there were more female voices on the show. I’m not a super regular listener but I rarely hear female perspectives during each episode. You would think the Express News would have made this a priority.
Otherwise I enjoy the discussion and helps keep me up to date on what’s going in SA.
SA Politics
This is a great addition to the Express News’s podcast lineup. Gilbert and his regular guests are reporters and columnists covering politics and stories of political import in the San Antonio and South Texas area. I really like that the conversational format allows them to go into greater depth and detail on their stories.