The Texas Orator

Wes does some legal throat clearing; Candace takes the reigns; Wes wonks out on the ESB/Supreme Court proceedings; Matthew & Wes "define the scope of student government" (deeeeep cut reference there); Wes puts wax in his hears while Candace and Matthew discuss the campaigns; and finally, Wes joins the civitas and encourages you to vote. 

-Alan Dershowitz starts us off with a little l'état, c'est moi. -Wes,,,,has a stroke on air? Wait, no that's just the intro.  -The team discusses the Iowa Cauc-up.  -Wes interviews Joe Cascino. -Matthew defends the controversial claim that the most electable candidate is the one who gets elected; Wes sniffs the throne of Bryan Caplan.

 WE ARE BACK AND WE'RE DOING IT LIVE. By we're back we mean the Texas Orator podcast has risen from the grave and by live we mean Wes is a wastrel who's too lazy to edit out our gaffes (or learn anything about the subject matter).  The team discusses the Coronavirus panic and the trade war with China as it relates to the company Huawei.   

Neal Dikeman, Libertarian Party nominee for the United States Senate in Texas, and Mark Tippetts, Libertarian Party nominee for the Texas gubernatorial election, join us today for a student town hall where they present third party solutions to the problems... Read More ›

Wes Dodson talks to Neal Dikeman, the Libertarian nominee for the Texas Senate in 2018 about the issues facing Texas voters and college students and Neal’s suggestions on a better way forward.

Wes, Anurag, Matthew, and Nick split hairs and babies over Elizabeth Warren’s new “Accountable Capitalism Act.” We cover the bill’s main provision in the context of the free market system as a whole and discuss if economics even matters for... Read More ›

Wes, Anurag, Grace, and Candace break down the recent news that Education Secretary, Betsy Devos, is changing the way that Title IX sexual assault, misconduct, and harassment regulation will operate on campus. For college students, this news could radically change... Read More ›

It’s a Full House today but Anurag, Wes, Nick, and Matthew are not Keeping Up with the Joneses. Instead we are talking about: -The Brett Kavanaugh nomination process. -A caller chimes in keyed up about cannabis. -Four guys talk about... Read More ›

Anurag and Wes mourn the death of DACA and bemoan the bashing of Bezos. This week: -DACA whodunit? -Trump goes after Bezos -Israel and Palestine

The title says it all! Anurag and Wes (who has expended all of his intellectual energy coming up with the title) are here to talk about: -The firing of H.R. McMaster -Facebook and the Cambridge Analytica Scandal -The omnibus spending... Read More ›

Another adult leaves the room in the Trump White House as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is given the (historically accurate) royal tweet-ment and guillotined out of office. This week: -Rexit (though we all wish it were Wexit, because really,... Read More ›

Rex Tillerson is here on campus to speak to students, Anurag is here to break down the news, and Wes seems to be here just to break down. On this week’s episode: -The State of the Union -Nunes makes a... Read More ›

Wes joins Anurag for the first time on air, to prognosticate (more like prevaricate) about: -The Nunes memo -Trump’s dealings with North Korea -The turbulent debate on immigration.