by Scott Atnip | May 14, 2023 | Weekly Witness
This week we welcome Dr. Charlie Brown, Board Member with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to talk about key reforms to Texas’ ban on abortions that are necessary to better define steps that can legally be taken to protect the lives of Texas...
by Scott Atnip | May 6, 2023 | Human Rights, Law Enforcement, Weekly Witness
This week Scott welcomes two advocates in the struggle for common sense gun control. Christina Delgado, Southwest Regional Advocacy Associate with the Community Justice Action Fund and Nicole Golden, Executive Director with Texas Gun Sense, have both been working...
by Scott Atnip | Apr 28, 2023 | Weekly Witness
This week we recorded in between bill hearings with Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy Consulting and host of the Texas Power Podcast. Renewable energy is a big part of the Texas economy. We talked to Doug about some positive advancements this legislative session...
by Scott Atnip | Apr 21, 2023 | Weekly Witness
This week we are excited to be recording from the Texas Capitol office of Rep Trey Martinez-Fischer. Scott talks with his Senior Budget Analyst, Eva Deluna Castro—many Weekly Witness listeners will know Eva from her years with the Center for Public Policy Priorities,...
by Scott Atnip | Apr 10, 2023 | Weekly Witness
This week we are recording from the University of Houston Downtown at the invitation of the Center for Critical Race Studies. Scott sits down with Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas, author, and the Associate Professor of Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Divinity...
by Scott Atnip | Mar 31, 2023 | Economic Justice, Health, Weekly Witness
This week we welcome Terri Burke, Executive Director of the Immunization Partnership, to talk about the importance of vaccinations–one of the 10 major advances in public health of the 20th century–and the history behind the vaccine opposition movement, which is...
