July 11, 2025      9:09 AM

Braddock: The show must go on

My involvement in the Texas Take podcast has come to a close but new things are on the horizon here at QR. Thanks to all of you for reading and listening over the years

“Welcome to the show,” Mr. Kronberg said with a smile many years ago when I had just started as a contract writer for Quorum Report during the 2013 session. A battle over cracking down on payday lenders had just gone sideways on then-Sen. John Carona and the debate – back when those were allowed in the Senate – had been entertaining to say the least.

It was during those early years that I first started my working relationships with so many of you and I learned just how special and important the community in and around the Texas Capitol truly is.

A few years later in 2015, Harvey promoted me to Editor of this publication. Hard to believe it’s been a decade, right?

Somewhere in all of it, the bosses at the Houston Chronicle asked if I would partner with them to create a Texas politics podcast. At first, I thought I was simply going to help them get it started and then the Chronicle folks would take it over. But instead, I led the Texas Take podcast to become the number one politics podcast in this state over the course of the last decade alongside my work here at QR. I appreciate that so many QR readers have also enjoyed the show each week. Funny how our little show took on a life of its own, but something's changed.

By Scott Braddock

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