Texas Tribune Festival 2023: Recorded Panels and Interviews

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Recordings of live events for Tribest 2023

Most Texas Tribune Festival panel events are recorded but only a few are posted on YouTube. Here’s a handy collection from the Tribune’s channel.

One on One with Chris Sununu. New Hampshire governor, Chris Sununu, talks with Evan Smith, co-founder and senior adviser of The Texas Tribune, about the GOP and the 2024 election.

Abortion and the States. Panel on the post-Dobbs decision and the response, state by state, for reproductive choice. (Currently, this YouTube has a “For Context” box posted above the Tribune’s caption for the video that links to Medline Plus.) Speakers are: Carol Alvarado, Texas State Senator, D-Houston; Nicole Collier, Texas State Representative, D-Fort Worth; Nancy Northup, President and CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights; Rebecca Traister, Writer-at-Large, New York Magazine; Eleanor Klibanoff, Women’s Health Reporter, The Texas Tribune.

Worth Fighting For: Ukraine, Russia, and the stakes for all of us. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO; Former U.S. Senator, R-Texas; Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director, McCain Institute; Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Defense Secretary; Jake Auchincloss, U.S. Representative, D-Massachusetts; Igor Khrestin, Managing Director of Global Policy, George W. Bush Institute; Garrett Graff, Journalist, Historian and Author.

One on One with Colin Allred. U.S. Rep. Colin Allred talks to Astead Herndon of The New York Times about the race Allred hopes to run against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.

One on One with Katie Couric, journalist, podcaster, and author speaks with Emily Ramshaw, co-founder and CEO of The 19th, about trends in the media business.

Recording of the “On” Podcast. The handsome Adam Kinzinger talks to Kara Swisher (Editor-at-Large, New York Media) about the Republicans running the U.S. House, threats to democracy, and his forthcoming book, “Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country”.

Recording of the “Next Question” Podcast. Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords and U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly talk to Katie Couric about combating the epidemic of gun violence.

One on One with Ted Cruz. Multiple opportunities to hear Ted Cruz loudly booed and laughed at, as he tries to suggest that Democrats want to legalize abortion “up to the moment of birth” and that taking taxpayer money to fund “school voucher” programs to subsidize private and religious schools — disingenuously callled “school choice” by the GOP, is the “civil rights issue of the 21st century.” Cruz also explains his flight from Texas to sunny Cancun during an arctic storm that gripped the state, leaving his constituents to freeze in a wealthy state that too corrupt to properly maintain its own electrical grid. Event was moderated by Patrick Svitek, political reporter, The Texas Tribune.

Recording of the “Why is This Happening” Podcast. Former U.S. Department of Justice officials Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord sit down with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes.

Closing Keynote: One on One with Joe Manchin. The U.S. Senator from West Virginia speaks with Evan Smith, co-founder and senior advisor of The Texas Tribune, on his agenda for America – and his obfuscation about his future plans. Will he run as a spoiler third-party candidate, pulling moderates, centrists, and independents away from voting Democrat? Could he switch parties and run directly against Donald Trump, perhaps saving the doomed Republican party in 2024? Don’t expect to find out in this frustrating interview.