All (dallas) Politics Is Local

Kendall Scudder, Democrat for Texas Senate District 2, talks about straightening out state government and how weird Bob Hall is.

The inimitable Barrett Brown on arts, letters, jail, hacking, and the future of activism.

The second installment of our PID series. How did Downtown get that way? I talk to Downtown Dallas, Inc. about it.

Neal Sleeper of City Place and Joseph Pitchford of Crescent Real Estate talk about how Uptown became Uptown and what's next.

I interview Scott Griggs about who will be the next Mayor of Dallas.

La'Shadion Shemwell is a criminal justice reform advocate who somehow managed to get elected to the McKinney city council. Hear how he did it on this edition.

With TC still at the Ecuadorian embassy, Kingston interviews Patrick Kennedy and Brandon Formby about D Magazine's urbanism issue

Fake-pretend-TC Philip Kingston talks to Salman Bhojani about the craziest campaign for Euless city council ever.

Fake-replacement-TC Philip Kingston interviews Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and his daughter Madeline about the County, beer, bikes, marijuana, and some other stuff.

Temporary replacement host Philip Kingston talks to Desoto Council Member Candice Quarles and Local Progress organizer Mercedes Fulbright about progressive municipal government and suburban politics while dining at the Dallas Farmers Market, which was way louder than he anticipated.

Philip Kingston returns to discuss Dallas' new housing policy, the future of I-30, Atmos' response to the gas explosion and a number of other Dallas topics.

The City Plan Commission has made a few recent rulings in Oak Cliff indicating they're putting more of a focus on having new developments match the character of the neighborhood. Chad West represents Oak Cliff on the Plan Commission. Nathaniel Barrett is a developer in Dallas and a previous guest. They both join TC Fleming to discuss this development and a wide range of other city topics.

The Dallas Weekly's Patrick Washington talks with TC Fleming about his experience growing up in Dallas and his concerns for what is facing the city today.

Todd Plesko is the Vice President of Planning & Development for DART. TC Fleming asks him questions about how we arrived at the public transit system we have and what it will look like in the future.

District 6 Dallas City Councilmember Omar Narvaez talks with TC Fleming about his first (almost) year in office. The second half focuses on the response to the Atmos gas explosion near the district.

Danny Balis is the co-founder of the Twilite Lounge. He talks about what it's like to start in business in Dallas.

On March 24th, the Dallas March For Our Lives will take place downtown. Waed Alhayek & Arlene Giymah are two college students involved in the planning and execution of it. They talk about how they got involved and give their thoughts on gun reform.

Justin Henry is running for Trustee in District 9 of DISD. He talks with TC Fleming about his educational beginnings and his thoughts on DISD policy.

DART Board member Catherine Cuellar sits down to talk about her experiences with mass transit and give insight into her thinking on some of the big decisions the DART Board must make.

Opportunity Dallas released their outline for a suggested housing policy last week. Mike Koprowski & Miguel Solis talks to TC Fleming about what that policy says and how they arrived at it.