Other Side of Texas

Breitbart Managing Editor Brandon Darby co-hosts as we discuss this week’s media spin from both sides, that will make border solutions less likely. And state Sen. Kel Seliger sounds off on recent flap over Texas Tech’s vet school initiative.

Jay Leeson’s take on Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp’s response to Leeson’s piece in the Dallas Morning News. Texas Monthly’s RG Ratcliffe answers just how doomed Texas Democratic Governor candidate Lupe Valdez is. Plus how reading through Theodore Roosevelt speeches from 1912 can alleviate the political zombie ideological hysteria of 2018.

Texas Tribune’s Ross Ramsey discusses recent poll findings on Texans’ attitudes towards the NFL, marijuana and elected leaders. Congressman Jodey Arrington (R-Lubbock) talks his immigration vote and the status of the Farm Bill being debated in the U.S. Senate.

Plains Cotton Growers Executive Vice President, Steve Verett talks about the progress of the Farm Bill from the House to the Senate. Your Other Side of Texas host Jay Leeson discusses all he left out of his new Dallas Morning News column on the battle between Texas A&M and Texas Tech over Tech’s new school of veterinary medicine.

Leeson says he’s understands both sides and doesn’t need the ‘soft’ American civil war some see emerging. Quorum Report’s Scott Braddock discusses the Texas Democratic convention and the tightening lieutenant governor race. And the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Matt Dotray gives a first report on the possible dirt track replacement for the Hub City’s old coliseum.

Sylas Politte is in-studio as we talk through the Mormon compound raid in El Dorado 10 years ago. Plus, how to ruin your life on social media and Blue Collar Bill’s Report on Mexico.

Amarillo columnist Jon Mark Beilue talks how an anti-Liberal billboard was quickly taken down in the Panhandle. Stamford Mayor James Decker explains why the town’s pool will be free for the rest of the summer. And Leeson draws question as to how Texas Senate Democratic nominee Beto O’Rourke was for the Farm Bill before he was against it.

Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey analyzes the dramatic political shift Texas Republicans have taken on migrant children separations over the past 36 hours. Thomas Mooney of the New Slang podcast throws out seven Texas country artists suggestions for those wanting to update their playlists (or certain radio programs wanting to update their bumper music)

Quorum Report’s Scott Braddock breaks down the Texas Republican Convention. Leeson gives dad vacation pro-tips. And both parties pick and choose Bible citations for political expedience for, well, political expedience.

An hour-long conversation with border journalist and Breitbart Texas Managing Editor Brandon Darby about child separations, media and political misconceptions and a better policy way forward

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center President Tedd Mitchell discusses the HSC’s mental health screening program being touted in Gov. Greg Abbott’s school safety plan (as well as Mitchell’s tree house that spans nine trees at his ranch). We conclude our TxLege 101 series with: House vs Senate and Senate vs House

Univ of Houston’s Brandon Rottinghaus explains the historic and contemporary role of the Texas Lt Gov and the Senate. State Rep. Lyle Larson (R-San Antonio) goes deep into the growing Texas water problem. Plus the fourth installment of our TxLege 101 series: The House of Representatives

Ross Ramsey discusses his 40-year career in Texas journalism, from getting laid off as a news broadcaster to becoming one of the state’s most distinguished political columnists. And we get into the third part of our TxLege 101 series: The Lieutenant Governor and the Senate

Katy Jane Seaton discusses the emergence of a wine industry boom on the western portion of the Caprock. We get into the second part of our TxLege 101 series: The Governor

We talk with Scott Braddock, a father and rural native, about life experiences, high and low, that have brought him to be the editor of the Quorum Report. The University of Houston’s Brandon Rottinghaus discusses the origins of the Texas Legislature.