The Ticket was a weekly look at presidential politics from a Texas perspective in the leadup to the 2016 election. It included veteran political reporters Jay Root of The Texas Tribune and Ben Philpott of KUT News. Find it on SoundCloud and Stitcher.
Ben Philpott and Jay Root hosted a pre-presidential debate edition of The Ticket at KLRU's historic studio 6A — where they went beyond the election to talk about what's next for Republicans and Democrats in Texas. Full Story
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Check out our live Tribune Festival edition of the TribCast and The Ticket 2016, featuring Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, state Rep. Chris Paddie, politicos Sarah Isgur Flores and Erick Erickson, and music from the Bad Precedents. Full Story
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This week on The Ticket, KUT's Ben Philpott guides you through Donald Trump's day in Austin with stories and interviews. Full Story
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This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott revisit Donald Trump's bad week on the campaign trail and dissect the latest polls with UT-Austin pollster Jim Henson. Full Story
This week on The Ticket: KUT’s Ben Philpott talks with a couple of people on the ground in Cleveland at the GOP national convention including a Data Editor at Google who is tracking real-time reaction to the speeches. Full Story
This week on The Ticket: Ben Philpott and Jay Root try to figure out whether or not the national GOP hand-wringing over Donald Trump has made its way to Texas Republicans. Full Story
This week on The Ticket: KUT’s Ben Philpott and The Texas Tribune's Jay Root dissect terrorism speeches from Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and hear from Democratic strategist Colin Strother on whether Texas is actually in play. Full Story
This week on The Ticket 2016: KUT’s Ben Philpott and the Texas Tribune's Jay Root talk to a wide range of Republican voters to find out why they're not ready to support Donald Trump. Full Story
This week on The Ticket: KUT’s Ben Philpott talks with Republican consultant Deirdre Delisi about life after a losing presidential campaign. Full Story
This week on The Ticket 2016 podcast: KUT’s Ben Philpott talks with ABC News chief political analyst Matthew Dowd on what's next for the GOP, and he takes a peek at the upcoming Texas Republican convention. Full Story
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This week on The Ticket: KUT’s Ben Philpott and the Tribune's Jay Root talk with FiveThirtyEight.com senior political writer Harry Enten about the results of the New York primary. Full Story
This week on The Ticket: Ben Philpott talks Trump with the Tribune’s Ross Ramsey. Then he gets a quick history lesson from This American Life producer Zoe Chase. Full Story
This week on The Ticket podcast: KUT’s Ben Philpott and the Tribune's Jay Root talk with presumptive Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson about the struggle third party candidates have breaking through the two-party political system. Full Story
This week on The Ticket: KUT’s Ben Philpott and the Tribune's Jay Root talk political media with two digital media strategists. That includes a look back at some of the most famous and infamous political ads in history. Full Story
This week on The Ticket: KUT’s Ben Philpott and the Tribune's Jay Root educate themselves about what could happen at a contested convention by taking Convention 101 with teacher and former Texas GOP Chairman Steve Munisteri. Full Story
This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott give their takes on the March 1st Super Tuesday elections. And we talk about Chris Christie’s endorsement of Donald Trump with WNYC’s Matt Katz. Full Story
This week on The Ticket podcast, we check in with conservative Hispanic activist Temo Muniz to see how he feels about the Republican primaries. And pollster Jim Henson tells us what's brewing ahead of Super Tuesday. Full Story
This week on The Ticket: KUT’s Ben Philpott and the Tribune's Jay Root look to South Carolina by explaining who's voting, who's still running and what could happen on Primary night for both parties. Full Story
This week on The Ticket: Ben Philpott gives us a peak behind the curtain to see what life on the campaign trail is like, plus a breakdown of the final GOP debate before Monday's Iowa caucus. Full Story
This week on The Ticket: KUT’s Ben Philpott and the Tribune's Jay Root explain the evolution of the attack ad — and get some analysis on Chris Christie's recent bump in the polls from New Jersey Public Radio's Matt Katz. Full Story