Party Politics
Overwhelmed by the political news cycle every week? We get it — that’s why we’re ‘keeping the fun but losing all the drama’ of politics! Party Politics podcast is hosted by Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina, two smart and sassy University of Houston political science professors, who deliver a friendly, funny, and casually informative recap of the week's biggest political news stories. Join the conversation on Twitter @HPMPolitics; use #PartyPoliticsPod to ask Brandon and Jeronimo questions; or email us at Party Politics.
Trump's Shocking National Emergency Plan: Mass Deportations on the Horizon?
Trump 2.0: Game-Changing Appointments and Policy Shifts You Need to Know
2024 Election: Is America Turning Deeper Red? Exploring the Shifting Political Landscape.
Countdown to Election Day
Could VP Kamala Harris' trip to Houston impact voter turnout in the upcoming election?
A review of the recent Texas senate debate and the significant election battles to monitor.
Major donations, cross-party endorsements and an upcoming debate heat up the Texas Senate race.
Could a port strike and tensions in the Middle East upend the 2024 election?
Trump's
GOP Congressman Tony Gonzales attacks party peers
Is Mike Johnson’s job in jeopardy?
A look at John Whitmire’s first 100 days as Houston mayor
Ken Paxton cuts deal to avoid criminal trial
Controversial Texas immigration law in limbo
Addressing low voter turnout in Texas
Abbott, Paxton punish GOP detractors in primary
Texas primary election preview
Texas incumbents face off against challengers
How old is too old to be president?
House GOP fails to impeach DHS Secretary
Texas governor in feud with Biden administration
Addressing political polarization
Iowa caucuses narrow Republican field
Speaker Johnson under pressure over budget deal
How John Whitmire won the race for Houston mayor
Will Liz Cheney run for president?
Who will win the Houston mayor’s race?
Johnson avoids shutdown while tensions escalate in Congress
Houston Mayor’s race in runoff
Special session unlikely to end in Abbott’s favor
The challenges facing the U.S. House Speaker-elect
Preview: 2023 Houston Mayor Election
Special session underway in Texas legislature
U.S. House in limbo after McCarthy ousted
Menendez in hot water while shutdown looms
Post-Paxton impeachment trial analysis
Kevin McCarthy under pressure from House Freedom Caucus
Ken Paxton on Trial
President Biden officially running for reelection in 2024
George Santos doubles down in reelection run
Greg Abbott vows to pardon Army sergeant convicted of murder
Can Donald Trump capitalize on his own arrest?
Houston Mayor race: Sheila Jackson Lee announces candidacy
Hostile Takeover?
The Crazy 88th
Republican Civil War
Trainwreck
Born to Run
Sorry Not Sorry
State of the Union
‘Swift’ Justice
GOP Family Feud
State of the State
A Soap Opera
McCarthy-Schism
Year-End Review: 2022
Lawsuit At Large
The Pillowman Cometh
Don’t You Want Me?
Post-Election Analysis
Fifth Anniversary Pre-Election Discussion – Live From Post Houston
Understanding the Latino Vote
Following the Money Trail
When Harry Met Beto
Party Politics: Debate Night in Texas
Party Politics: ‘This is on you’
Party Politics: Abortion-Rights Bombshell Part 2 – The Fallout
Party Politics: Abortion-Rights Bombshell
Party Politics: Beto’s Bet
Party Politics: Schemin’ Steven
Party Politics: Staff Inspection
Party Politics: Border Wars
Party Politics: All About Redistricting
Party Politics: Circus SCOTUS
Party Politics: Crude Awakening
Party Politics: Texas Sets the Stage for November
Party Politics: Life During Wartime
Party Politics: Tag, You’re Sued!
Party Politics: Bully Pulpit
Party Politics: Abbott in the Cold Seat
Party Politics: Justice Breyer Exits Stage Left
Party Politics: The Professors Grade Biden’s First Year
Party Politics: 2021, The Year In Review
Party Politics: Dan Crenshaw Is Not a Fan of Performance Art
Party Politics: Abortion vs. SCOTUS
Party Politics: Thanksgiving Edition
Party Politics: Beto’s Back
Party Politics: Texas Voter Surge
Party Politics: Proposition Edition!
Party Politics: Krause’s Crackdown
Party Politics: Well Isn’t That Special?
Party Politics: Abbott Flip-Flops On Party Principles
Party Politics: It’s Gerrymandering Time Again
Party Politics: 100 Days
Party Politics: Forecast for Reform
Party Politics: The Politics of Scandal
Party Politics: The GOP vs. Corporate America
Party Politics: Rights and Reform
Party Politics: Is Gun Reform Possible?
Party Politics: 365 Days Later
Party Politics: Texas Unmasked
Party Politics: ERCOT Under Fire
Party Politics: Snowpocalypse Now
Party Politics: Impeachment Part Two
Party Politics: State of the State
Party Politics: The Texas Lege Returns
Party Politics: A New Agenda
Party Politics: President Biden – What to Expect
Party Politics: And Now We Wait
Party Politics: Harris Campaigns in Texas
Party Politics: Special Texas Election Edition
Party Politics: Following the Money
Party Politics: The Barrett Hearings
Party Politics: The Fly Heard Round the World
Party Politics: Trump Has COVID-19
Party Politics: RBG RIP
Party Politics: Ballot Wars
Party Politics: Can Texas Flip?
Party Politics: Ballot’s in the Mail?
Party Politics: RNC Paints Dystopian Picture
Party Politics: Republican In-fighting; Texas Primary Runoff Recap
Party Politics: Phase Two
Party Politics: COVID In The White House
Party Politics: The Battle To Open Texas
Party Politics: Ready To Reopen?
Party Politics: To Re-Open, Or Not To Re-Open
Party Politics: Power Play
Party Politics: Bernie’s Out; Abbott Vs. Jenkins
Party Politics: The Politics of COVID-19
Party Politics: Coronavirus; Biden Dominates
Party Politics: Super Tuesday; Coronavirus
Party Politics: The 2020 Texas Primary
Party Politics: New Hampshire Primary; Trump’s Impeachment Retaliation
NEXT QUESTION (Ep 17): Party Politics Hosts Brandon Rottinghaus & Jeronimo Cortina; Actress Renee Zellweger; And Our Oscar Predictions
Party Politics: Iowa Caucuses; Impeachment; Coronavirus
125: Presidential Accountability
124: U.S. Senate Takes On Impeachment
123: Will Texas Turn Blue In 2020?
122: Iran Conflict
121: The Days to Come
120: 2019 - A Year in Review with Jay Aiyer
119: Impeachment, The Final Saga
118: Dem Debate No.5
117: Impeachment Trial Underway
116: Election Results
115: Impeachment Procedure
114: Texas Amendments
113: The Bonnen Tape
112: Impeachment Battle
111: 2020 Fundraising Update
110: Whistleblower Complaint
110: Brett Kavanaugh Back In The Hot Seat
109: Houston Democratic Debate Recap
108: Texas Shootings
107: Democratic debates
106: Trade Wars
105: Constitutional crisis
104: Jon Lovett
103: Biden announcement
102: Mueller Report
101: Border crisis
100: 100 Episodes
99: Mueller report
98: Beto O'Rourke
Episode 97: Lizzie Fletcher
Episode 96: Public education
Episode 95: Michael Cohen
94: National emergency
93: Funding bill
Episode 92: State of the Union
91: Voter fraud
Episode 90: Shutdown continues
Episode 89: Texas inauguration
Episode 88: Shutdown continues
Episode 87: Government Shutdown
86: Preview of 86th Texas Legislature
85: 116th Congress preview
Party Politics 84: Beto For President?
Party Politics 83: Speaker Dennis Bonnen
Party Politics 82: Midterm-mania
Party Politics 81: Final Predictions!
Party Politics 80: Early Voting Bonanza!
Party Politics 79: Midterm Mania!
Party Politics 78: Money, Money, Money!
Party Politics 77: The Hottest Statewide Race Nobody Is Talking About!
Party Politics 76: The Heat Is On: Kavanaugh Hearings And HPD-HFD Pay Parity Debate
Party Politics 75: Beto vs. Ted—It’s Debate Time for The U.S. Senate
Party Politics 74: Is the US Senate up for Grabs?
Party Politics 73: The Kase for Kavanaugh?
72: The Debate Over Debates
Party Politics, Ep. 71: White House Horrors! (Repost)
Party Politics, Ep. 70: Texas School Districts Receive First Official A-F Grades
Party Politics, Ep. 69: Political Scandals
Party Politics, Ep. 68: Ted Cruz And Beto O’Rourke Negotiate Debates
Party Politics, Ep. 67: Texas Health Building Invaded By Mold – Yuck
Party Politics, Ep. 66: ‘Stories From The Storm’ Takes Over The Podcast
Party Politics, Ep. 65: President Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh For The Supreme Court
Party Politics, Ep. 64: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Offers 10 Metal Detectors To Santa Fe ISD
Party Politics, Ep. 63: Hispanic Texans On Pace To Become Largest Population Group In State By 2022
Party Politics, Ep. 62: Immigrant Family Separation At The Border
Party Politics, Ep. 61: Trump and Kim, and the Texas GOP Convention
Party Politics, Ep. 60: Can President Trump Pardon Himself?
Party Politics, Ep. 59: Hurricane Season, Roseanne Scandal And Abbott’s School Safety Plan
Party Politics, Ep. 58: Texas Runoff Elections, Santa Fe, And Trump
Party Politics, Ep. 57: Sports Gambling And Protests At The Gaza Strip
Party Politics, Ep. 56: The Iran Deal Is No More After Trump Withdraws
Party Politics, Ep. 55: The U.S. 5th Circuit Court Of Appeals Upholds Texas Voter ID Law
Party Politics, Ep. 54: Gerrymandering, Texas Style, At SCOTUS
Party Politics, Ep. 53: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Vows To Challenge Lupe Valdez
Party Politics, Ep. 52: Paul Ryan Not Seeking Reelection, What Does This Mean For The Midterms?
Party Politics, Ep. 51: Trump Declares DACA ‘Dead,’ But Is It Really Dead?
Party Politics, Ep. 50: What’s Next For The ‘March For Our Lives’ Movement
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 49: Cambridge Analytica Scandal; Relationship Status: Trouble
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 49: Texas Education Agency Vows New Plan For Special Education
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 48: Former Porn Actress, Stormy Daniels, Sues President Trump
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 48: What Does The Texas Primary Mean And Why Should You Care?
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 47: Ted Cruz Used ‘The Simpsons’ To Make A Political Point
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 47: Texan Brad Parscale Will Be Trump’s 2020 Re-Election Campaign Manager
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 46: Early Voting Numbers High for Democrats
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 46: What to do about guns?
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 45: Does The Budget Really Matter?
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 45: Sandra Bullock Vs Dan Patrick And The Dome Is Saved!
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 44: Who Is Challenging Governor Abbott?
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 44: How To Pass A Budget
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 43: The Senate Race, Cruz Vs. O’ Rourke
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 43: What’s The State Of Your Union?
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 42: The Complications Of School Finance In Texas
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 42: Ladies And Gentlemen We Had A Shutdown!
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 41: Fundraising Winners And Losers In Texas Primaries
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 41: Have We Lost Complete Faith In The Government?
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 40: Oprah 2020 And Trump Legislative Roundup
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 40: Arlington MLK And Texas Governor Kerfuffle; Valdez Kicks Off Campaign And More!
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 39: What Will Trump Do In 2018?
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 39: Texas Primary Sprint! What To Expect From The GOP And Dems
Party Politics, Special Ep. 38: #MeToo, Covfefe And Harvey, 2017 Has Been Quite The Busy Year!
Party Politics, Special Live Edition Ep. 37: Voting, Freedom Of Speech And Lone Star College Tomball
REPEAT: Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 7: Special Guest, Congressman Gene Green
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 36: Saddle-Up! The Democrats Are Joining The Race For Governor
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 36: What Does The Flynn Guilty Plea Really Mean?
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 35: Sexual Allegations And The Texas Legislature
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 35: The Trouble With Taxes
Party Politics, Thanksgiving Edition Ep. 34: One Year Of A Donald Trump Presidency
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 33: “Moore” Problems For The GOP
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 33: Abbott Weighs In On Primaries And Congressman Gene Green Retires
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 32: The 2017 Elections Have Happened, Now What?
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 32: A Shooting, A Death Penalty Case And The 2018 Elections
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 31: War On Opioid’s, Indictments And The New York Terrorist Attack, It’s Been A Busy Week!
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 31: November Elections And Houston Astros Fever
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 30: Speaker Straus Is Done?
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 30: Flake! Corker! Who’s Next?
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 29: Iran, Deal Or No Deal?
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 29: Who’s Challenging Ted Cruz?
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 28: Trump Vs. Congress
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 28: Paxton In Hot Water, Again?
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 27: Gun Control, After Vegas
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 27: From Harvey, A Flood Plan Emerges
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 26: If Straus Is Out, Who Is In For Texas House Speaker?
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 26: Let’s Talk About Tax Baby!
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 25: Castro Says No, Where Are The Texas Democrats?
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 25: Trump’s Global Vision
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 24: Redistricting Ruling Rodeo
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 24: DACA Deal Or No Deal
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 23: The J.J. Watt Parkway, Harvey Recovery
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 23: What Next For Dreamers?
Party Politics, Texas And National Edition Ep. 22: All Harvey, All The Time
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 21: Of Rollercoasters And Monuments
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 21: New Direction In Afghanistan?
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 20: Sine Die? Really?
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 20: Charlottesville
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 19: The Wager
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 19: Battle For The Middle Class
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 18: Senate v. House Showdown
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 18: Chaos Theory
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 17: Repeal, Replace, Re…Now What?
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 17: 30 Days Of Summer – The Special Session
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 16: Pop Stars And Progeny
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 15: Pretty Vacant
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 15: Voter Fraud Commission Push-Back
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 14: “Sanctuary City” Showdown
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 14: Reconciling “Better Care”
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 13: The DACA/DAPA Divide
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 13: Abbott Says No
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 12: The Episode About Everything Else
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 12: Republican Rift Revue
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 11: Comey.
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 11: A Very Special Session
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 10: Paris Climate Disagreement
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 10: Tacos And Cannons
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 9: Legislature Countdown
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 9: The Sound And Fury Of The Trump Budget
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 8: I’m Just A Bill
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 8: The Troubles Of Trump
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 7: You’re Fired!
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 7: Special Guest, Congressman Gene Green
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 6: “Sanctuary!”
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 6: Foreign Policy Hokey Pokey
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 5: 100 Days Of Trump
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 5: Losing Control
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 4: Abbott Reopens Door To Bathroom (Bill)
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 4: Taxes And Asteroids
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 3: What The US Bombing In Syria Means
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 3: Texas Voter Redistricting
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep 2: Mid-Session Legislature Woes
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 2: The Nuclear Option
Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 1: Beto O’ Rourke Throwing Hat In The Ring
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 1: Trump V. Congress