The Ticket: A Presidential Podcast

This week, the Tribune's Jay Root and KUT's Ben Philpott taped before a crowd at KLRU's historic studio 6A, former host of the iconic TV show "Austin City Limits."

Join KUT's Ben Philpott and The Texas Tribune's Jay Root for a live recording of their podcast, The Ticket 2016 – a look at presidential politics from a Texas perspective. Ben and Jay will kick off the evening with a review of the latest news from the campaign trail, including some debate comedy from our friends at ">

Join KUT’s Ben Philpott and The Texas Tribune’s Jay Root for a live recording of their weekly podcast, “The Ticket 2016” – a look at presidential politics from a Texas perspective.

Ben and Jay will kick off the evening with a review of the latest news from the campaign trail; including some debate comedy from our friends at Coldtowne Theater. Following the live recording, we’ll watch the final Presidential Debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

This week on the show: Republican Nominee Donald Trump was in Austin to raise money, tape a show with FOX News host Sean Hannity, and hold a rally before thousands of supporters. KUT's Ben Philpott will guide you through the day with stories and interview from the supporters and protestors following The Donald.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is leading Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by just 6 percentage points in deep-red Texas, according to a new poll. 

Trump gets 44 percent support to Clinton's 38 percent in the survey, which was done by Democratic-leaning firm Public Policy Polling. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson received 6 percent, while Green Party nominee Jill Stein got 2 percent.