Texas

The primary state of focus for Democratic electoral gains and candidate strategy.

“in South Texas, I think they were eager for border, border control. They weren't eager to be racially profiled. And, uh, I think because of all the stuff that ICE has done, combined with the economic stuff, he, he has completely, uh, dealt away the advantages …”

The state where the discussed political race is taking place.

“Another race the Democrats are very excited about and very interested in is Texas. Um, our old boss made his first campaign appearance of the cycle, getting some tacos with James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa, who's running for governor. Trump weighed in on the r…”

Chace Crawford's home state.

“To get out of Texas. It was either SMU or Texas. There was a few other schools in there, but SMU is Southern Methodist, 20 minutes from my house. You know?”

The location where the stolen dogs were tracked and recovered.

“Kim believed her estranged husband might have taken the dogs to Texas, and she found someone there who could help. Abel Pena had 26 years with the FBI before he retired and founded a non-profit called Project Absentis to help find missing people. What is the d…”

The state where the caller resides and which the hosts jokingly disparage.

“Godforsaken state of Texas.”

The home state of the young recruit Milton Gall, who was eager to leave his small town.

“Stevenson Stefansson. And he's kind of a dreamer, and Moore and Knight just have really wanted to go on a trip together. They're buds. They're like, "We're gonna do this together, whether it's side by side." There's also this kid on the lecture circuit, like, …”

The location where David's family resides.

“His family lives in Texas. His friends, I mean, I, I... It doesn't appear that anybody lives with him. Um, if anything, I think the prosecutors believe at some point Celeste was obviously living with him when she was missing. So there's just, like... It, it do…”

A location where David allegedly traveled with the victim to meet his family.

“Which seems very convenient. And if there was any grace for David, it seems like it ends here, because court documents read, "Despite being informed by law enforcement the victim was only 13, defendant continued to pursue her." So this is like, the grace would…”

Mentioned as the location where Samuel Little confessed to his crimes to the Texas Rangers.

“... which is crazy. He has admitted to Texas Rangers that he played part in more than 90 unsolved murders in 10 states.”

Used as a benchmark for lower construction costs compared to California.

“There's a difficult irony you see not only in that study, but it comes up again and again in my own housing reporting. There is no form of housing that Democrats feel more strongly about, support more unanimously, than affordable housing. Affordable housing co…”

Used as a benchmark for lower construction costs in the RAND study.

“millions more homes, and in the years since, dozens of pro-housing laws have passed, some of them written by heroic legislators in this very room, and yet the number of new homes being built in California is basically the same as when Newsom took office. Housi…”

Used as a benchmark for construction project timelines in the RAND study.

“Thank you, Mr. Becerra. Ms. Porter, you've often said on the trail here that time is money, something I hear from developers too. The RAND study I mentioned found that it takes about twenty-seven months to complete a multi-family housing project in Texas, thir…”

Mentioned as a location where many people have reported seeing similar aerial phenomena.

“And people in Texas, if you start fucking talking about it, people will say, "Oh, yeah, I've seen that. I've seen that over Austin. I've seen that."”

Mentioned as a potential location for relocating chip manufacturing facilities to escape geopolitical risks.

“On the other hand, if, if Beijing is a military threat to Taiwan and these people would rather not be under the rule of Beijing and the Communist Party, then there's a pretty big incentive for them to move to Texas.”

Mentioned as a location for chip manufacturing facilities and past employment.

“... but they don't rule us, and they're no threat to North America. They have no need to pick a fight with us. People say, "Oh, you got all your microchip factories on Taiwan." Well, then move them to Austin. We've had advanced micro devices here for 30 years …”

Mentioned as a state that could potentially flip to Democrats if the observed 12-point swing in Louisiana turnout were applied nationally.

“You know, I me- they, they weren't particularly close, and if you look at the turnout, in s- in, in the Deep South, it's sometimes a little hard to look at turnout based on voter registration because there's still some, like, basically elderly Republicans who …”

Location of the ranch where Lyndon B. Johnson confronted McChesney Martin.

“And within two years, Johnson is really mad at McChesney Martin, his Fed chair, for raising interest rates. Bob says that Johnson forces McChesney Martin to fly down to Johnson's ranch in Texas, calls him into the office.”

Used as an example of the Supreme Court's previous rulings on redistricting.

“... agreed with Texas. As we said last week, he can do whatever he wants, cheating, but polling doesn't lie, and polling is showing that he, he can't outrun the polling no matter how many times he cheats. I think he has had a bad couple of weeks actually, and …”

The location where Jia Jiang asked a homeowner if he could play soccer in their backyard.

“that day. She comes up, and he, he comes to the counter and he says, "Can I get Krispy Kreme donuts in the shape of the Olympic rings?" Shape and color of the Olympic rings, right? And he's thinking, "Oh, they're gonna say, 'Uh, we don't do that here.'" Um, an…”

One of the states where militias were called out to handle labor-related violence.

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State where the property is located, impacting the legal situation of the marriage.

“... the deal i- the deal is this. The deal is this: as long as you have that property in his name, in any way, shape, or form in Texas, and you're married, you're gonna have a problem. So you've got to decide. Um, but you c-”

A state where Ken Griffin might move his capital due to tax policies in New York.

“And this is what's gonna happen. This is what's gonna happen. Ken Griffin, who was, had a $6.5 billion [laughs] project underway in Manhattan, supposedly has given a quarter of a billion dollars to New York-based charities. You know what he's gonna say? "Fuck …”

The location where the speaker chose to stay instead of traveling home.

“And I was like, "You know what? My family's a little dysfunctional. I'll fade that and just stay here in Texas instead of going back home." And-”

The location where the podcast episode is being recorded, noted for its unpredictable weather.

“This weather here is very wonky. Somehow it was 100 degrees in January, and cold and rainy right now. Uh, very bizarre. For those of you, uh, that care about the weather here in Texas.”

The state where the company that filed a lawsuit against the ministry was based.

“do before. When we were trying to acquire the Compaq Center, it was a three-year process. After we won the city council vote, a company filed a lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in. They were the largest taxpayer in Texas, a huge real estate business. It w…”