"The Rabble" Podcast — Rouser

The Texas politics podcast you’ve been looking for

Let's stop flipping out and start flipping Texas! Two progressive activists leave a trail of cupcake crumbs to the pearly gates of civic engagement. Expect special guests, games, and simple, straightforward ways to turn Texas blue. Hosted by Rouser: Ashley Cheng and Becky Bullard.

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EPISODE 33 - Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez on her U.S. Senate run vs Cornyn | Hitler lurved the U.S. Border Patrol (surprise) | Toothbrushes! Toothbrushes? | Austin's budget dollahs make us hollah

RouserAugust 23, 2019texas politics, jolt texas, cristina tzintzun ramirez, texas, austin, planned parenthood direct, planned parenthood texas, birth control by mail, texas observer, latinx texans

EPISODE 32 - Mucho amor for Latinx Texans | It ain't easy being #GreenShirtGuy | Are Hitler comparisons fair? Immigration law legend Carlos Spector weighs in | We need a Plan B for sh*tty councilmen

2019RouserAugust 16, 2019carlos spector, el paso, immigration, latinx texans, texas tribune, texas politics, green shirt guy, a functional democracy

EPISODE 31 - We <3 El Paso + clap back at NRA talking points with Ed Scruggs of TX Gun Sense | #Texodus! (& surprise guest Kim Olson) | Rooting out police racism with the Plain View Project

2019RouserAugust 9, 2019texas politics, texas gun sense, texas, el paso, ed scruggs, implicit bias

EPISODE 30 - "Politics Is Personal" Series: Diana Earl of Moms Demand Action on becoming an "actionist" & being a person of color in mostly white "progressive" spaces

2019, politics is personalRouserAugust 2, 2019texas politics, politics is personal, gun safety, racism, implicit bias

EPISODE 29 - "Politics Is Personal" Series: Immigration Attorney and Activist Pooja Sethi on defeating shyness by harnessing the power of show tunes to fight oppression

2019, politics is personalRouserJuly 26, 2019texas politics, immigration

EPISODE 28 - "Politics Is Personal" Series: Ann Finch of Team Brownsville on finding purpose at the border

2019, politics is personalRouserJuly 19, 2019rouser, the rabble, texas, texas politics, border, immigration, family separation, team brownsville, tx, tx politics, progressive politics

EPISODE 27 - Gina Ortiz Jones throws shade at Will Hurd re: kids at the border | Psst, you might not get in trouble for pot RN | Republicans hate healthcare | Jen Ramos, #1 Young Democrat

2019RouserJuly 12, 2019texas politics

EPISODE 26 - Happy birthday, USA! Let's do democracy: register voters, help your precinct chair (or become one!), get yoself to the Dem Convention. With Brittany Switzer of the Texas Dems.

RouserJuly 5, 2019

EPISODE 25 - The babies at the border and how you can help them with special guest TX Rep. Mary González and guest host Cheasty Anderson

RouserJune 28, 2019

EPISODE 24 - Pride Special! | Becky comes out | Erica Nix, Briona Jenkins & Charlie Bonner do FMK the queer way | Save the drag queens | Gay bunnies

RouserJune 21, 2019txlege, texas politics, texas, pride, pansexual, bisexual married to man

EPISODE 23 - Pod Bless Texas/The Rabble Crossover Episode! | "Never have I ever" with Kendall Scudder and Lillian Salerno | We salivate over Whataburger shoes

2019, crossover episodeRouserJune 14, 2019texas politics, pod bless texas, lillian salerno, kendall scudder, whataburger

EPISODE 22: Awkward Ted Cruz/John Cornyn 3-way F | Supermajority co-founder & shero Jess Morales Rocketto! | TX ain't "The Friendly State" for homeless folks

RouserJune 7, 2019texas politics, homelessness, austin, texas, jess morales rocketto, supermajority

EPISODE 21 - Drunk (recent) history: 86th TX lege edition | We learn why "vote blue no matter who" is B.S. | Max Lars, Chief of Staff for the TX House Dem "Freshman of the Year "

2019, txlegeRouserMay 31, 2019txlege, texas politics

EPISODE 20 - Hell week in #TXlege | A dirty Ted Cruz f*ck | Dear Rep. Stickland: Boy 'bye | Progressive strategist Kolby Monnig explains WTF is "sine die"

RouserMay 24, 2019

EPISODE 19 - Gird your uterus! | <3 A'shanti Gholar of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics <3 | The voter suppression/low-voter turnout infinite loop

2019, txlegeRouserMay 17, 2019txlege, texas politics, texas, texas gun sense, voter suppression

EPISODE 18 - Help a mother out | Social justice activist Cluren Williams talks Sandra Bland | Art as activism | Jail is no place to be pregnant

2019, 2020, txlegeRouserMay 10, 2019txlege, texas politics, sandra bland, mothers day, criminal justice, social justice

EPISODE 17 - Young peeps savin' the day | Internet holes FTW! | 1922 lynching victim gets a proper memorial | First-time school board candidate Aisha Ojha

RouserMay 3, 2019texas politics, run for something

EPISODE 16 - Did we just talk to our next prez?! #SheThePeople2020 | Ashley does Dallas | Even the word "marijuana" is racist

RouserApril 26, 2019

EPISODE 15 - (LIVE!) We play "Westeros or Texas?" | Must-hear anti-conversion therapy testimony | Young Democrats 4eva

RouserApril 19, 2019txlege, texas politics, equality texas, james talarico, westeros or texas

EPISODE 14: Gun nuts - now even McNuttier | Beto's '18 campaign manager Jody Casey on parenting & politics | Pink spandex v. InfoWars

RouserApril 12, 2019