Jim Henson

At what point must a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be recognized over the male colleagues in the room? Welcome back to the Second Reading podcast.

I'm Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at The University of Texas at Austin.

That sounds funny now, because it used to be, like, the marketing was The University of Texas, and then that became gauche, and we couldn't do it anymore, but it still lingers, you know?

I spent a year at The University of Texas at El Paso, so I mean-

Welcome back to the Second Reading Podcast.

I'm Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin, still.

Glad to be joined today by fellow UT Longhorn and Texas Politics Project research director, Josh Blank.

I don't know if I've ever referred to you as a longhorn before.