Puro Politics
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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Episode 141: 2021 San Antonio elections preview
Election Day is less than a week away, and the Express-News political team talk about how two major ballot propositions are tilting this year's city council races.
28 min
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Episode 140: Governor Wooderson?
We don't know Matthew McConaughey's politics, but it'd be a lot cooler if we did.
26 min
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Episode 139: Abbott's 'Piñata Politics'
Texas governor uses Freeman Coliseum's migrant shelter as a partisan prop
24 min
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Episode 138: Secrecy in San Antonio
City's open-records policies become an issue in mayor's race
25 min
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The Henry Cuellar Interview
South Texas congressman talks about the migrant influx on the border.
24 min
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Episode 136: All Quiet on the Mayoral Front
Express-News reporters discuss this year's strangely subdued mayor's race
30 min
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The Danny Diaz Interview
SAPOA president talks about collective bargaining and police reform
28 min
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The Jalen McKee-Rodriguez Interview
Express-News reporters talk to the breakout City Council candidate
26 min
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Episode 133: The debate over mayoral debates
Express-News reporters assess the race for mayor and a county commissioner's connection with SAWS.
24 min
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Episode 132: The Week the Lights Went Out in Texas
Express-News reporters reflect on last week's devastating winter freeze.
27 min
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Episode 131: Rolling Blackout Revue
Express-News reporters plow through snowmageddon and break down city elections.
19 min
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Episode 130: The Fix SAPD Interview
EJ Pinnock and James Dykman talk about their push for police accountability with Express-News journalists Gilbert Garcia, Joshua Fechter, Brian Chasnoff and Greg Jefferson.
32 min
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Episode 129: Policing the Police
Express-News reporters talk about the multi-track push for police reform in S.A
27 min
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Episode 128: Inaugural Special
Express-News reporters break down Joe Biden's big day.
27 min
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Episode 127: The Joaquin Castro Interview
San Antonio congressman talks about last week's Capitol riot and where we go from here
27 min
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Episode 126: Straus Stands Up for Electoral Pr...
Express-News reporters talk about Trump's call, the COVID vaccination rollout and San Antonio's economic forecast
26 min
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Episode 125: 2020 Recap
Express-News reporters talk about the biggest stories they covered this year.
29 min
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Episode 124: Legislative Preview
Trey Martinez Fischer breaks down the 2021 legislative session with metro columnist Gilbert Garcia and investigative reporter Brian Chasnoff.
27 min
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Episode 123: Devil in the Details
Express-News columnist Gilbert Garcia, reporter Joshua Fechter, and business editor Greg Jefferson look at the thorny implementation of the city's workforce development program.
26 min
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Episode 122: Covid Curfew
Express-News reporters Brian Chasnoff, Greg Jefferson, Joshua Fechter, and host Gilbert Garcia talk COVID restrictions, upcoming council races as well as the local GOP response to Trump's fraud allegations.
30 min
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Episode 121: County Commissioner-elect Rebeca C...
With a single campaign, Rebeca Clay-Flores shattered several barriers. The Princeton grad became the first person to defeat a sitting Bexar County commissioner in 16 years when she knocked off Precinct 1 Commissioner Sergio “Chico” Rodriguez in a...
32 min