What the Hell Is Happening in Texas?! (Half the Answer #75, with Gwen Howerton)

Caitlin M. Green, Trent R. Nelson, Gwen Howerton Apr 1, 2026

What the hell is going on in Texas? Trent and Caitlin welcome Houston culture reporter Gwen Howerton about the Texas senate primaries, censorship in prisons, and the state of LGBTQ+ rights in the Lone Star State.

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Resources:

https://bsky.app/profile/kissphoria.bsky.social

https://www.chron.com/culture/article/cornyn-paxton-texas-senate-ai-22082110.php

https://www.chron.com/culture/article/texas-prison-book-ban-22079345.php

Published in: Half the Answer, Podcast

Authors

Caitlin Green is a linguist specializing in Discourse Studies and Pragmatics. She lives in California with her husband, two daughters, and a very small black cat.

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Trent R. Nelson is a poet, historian, and philosopher, as well as a political and socioeconomic analyst. He is the managing editor for MWF Springfield and a contributing editor with Liberal Currents.

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Gwen Howerton is a culture reporter in Houston for Chron.com, a console cowgirl, and is not related to the actor.

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