TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester sits down with Texas Public Policy Foundation colleagues Brian Phillips and Sam Pohl to discuss the dozens of news stories where the Texas media creates their own narrative while ignoring the views of the conservative majority of Texans, pushing out daily news reports portraying our state as a bunch of backward, dull-minded, racist, sexist, whatever-ists — while never explaining why hundreds of people move here every day.
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TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester talks with Ryan Gravatt, a pioneering digital strategist who led Texas conservatives into the digital age, regarding what we can expect to see next in the digital communications world of politics and public policy as we edge closer to a presidential campaign year and massive issue battles in Texas from property taxes to parental empowerment.
Ryan is a member of former Texas Governor Rick Perry’s original campaign team and his digital expertise and strategic vision has ensured that the delivery of Texas’ conservative message has always been cutting edge. He launched his firm, Raconteur Media, in 2004, years before the iPhone was released, and he set the bar for website development, social media outreach, email, digital advertising and search engine marketing from the beginning. Ryan is also an award winning expert in developing digital strategies and analytics for audience engagement.
The pair discuss what’s changed in digital communications in the last twenty years – — what conservatives are doing right, what’s going wrong and what’s next.
Sherry Sylvester discusses the Supreme Court’s ruling that America’s colleges and universities could no longer use race as a factor in determining who could be admitted with Dr. Richard Johnson, Director of the Booker T. Washington Institute at Texas Public Policy Foundation.
In the inaugural episode of the 9th & Congress podcast, Sherry talks with Dr. Daniel Bonevac, the only University of Texas professor who testified in support of the Texas anti-DEI bill, where he likened DEI to the “campus thought police.” He discusses what it’s like teaching on a Texas campus that has become overwhelmingly woke.
In this week’s special presentation of The Right Idea, Derek takes part in a panel discussion recapping Texas’ 88th Legislature Session with TPPF’s Greg Sindelar, Sherry Sylvester and Andrew Brown.
As a former chancellor for Texas Tech, Kent Hance has been making history in Texas his entire life — serving in the State Legislature and representing Texas in Congress — first as a Democrat and then as a Republican, he has stood up to Keep Texas Texan and make the Lone Star State even greater.
In this episode of The People of Texas podcast, Sherry and Chancellor Hance discuss what makes Texas unique, the battle around critical race theory in schools, and political changes in the state over the course of his time as chancellor.
As the Senior Curator and Historian for the Alamo, nobody knows more about the Alamo than Ernesto Rodriguez — he’s been working around the shrine to Texas Liberty his entire life and teaches Texans every day about what happened there and what needs to be done to make sure we preserve this sacred space and our history for future generations.
On this episode of The People of Texas podcast, Sherry Sylvester discusses what is going on at the Alamo, the latest archaeological finds, and the importance of the monument to the state of Texas.
Whether their families have been here for generations, or they just arrived in a U-Haul last week, Texans have stories to tell about the battles they have fought and the victories they have won to keep the lone star state the special place it is.
Tune in as TPPF Distinguished Senior Fellow, Sherry Sylvester, is joined by Senator Brandon Creighton on the first episode of the People of Texas Podcast.
