The Texas Tribune Festival

Tickets are on sale now for the 2021 Texas Tribune Festival. Join us Sept. 20-25 online and in Austin.

The Texas Tribune Festival is a multi-day celebration of politics, public policy and the day’s news. Expect to be challenged and surprised by big-name speakers with bold ideas, thoughtful panel discussions, unexpected talent mashups, must-see interviews and provocative programming curated by the Tribune’s award-winning journalists.

Whether you join from your living room or meet us again in Austin, get your tickets now to explore some of today’s biggest stories and solve tomorrow’s complex challenges. We can’t wait to welcome you.

Other confirmed #TribFest21 speakers:

• Steve Adler, Mayor of Austin
• Kevin Brady, U.S. Representative, R-The Woodlands
• Amanda Carpenter, Columnist at The Bulwark and CNN Contributor
• Jane Coaston, Host and Editor of “The Argument” at The New York Times
• Robert Gibbs, Former White House press secretary; senior counsel at Bully Pulpit Interactive
• Woody Hunt, Senior Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hunt Companies
• Joe Moody, State Rep., D-El Paso
• Ashley Parker, White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Post
• Emmy Ruiz, White House Director of Political Strategy and Outreach
• Ruth Simmons, President of Prairie View A&M University
• Andy Slavitt, Former White House Senior Advisor for COVID Response
• Michael Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College
• Kara Swisher, Contributing Opinion Writer at The New York Times and Editor-at-Large at Recode
• Andy Roddick, Retired World No. 1 Tennis Player; Founder and Chair of the Andy Roddick Foundation
• Sylvia Garcia, U.S. Representative, D-Houston
• Michael McCaul, U.S. Representative, R-Austin
• John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania; 2022 Candidate for U.S. Senate
• Jennifer Palmieri, Co-Host of Showtime’s “The Circus” and Host of the “Just Something About Her” podcast
• Michael Tubbs, Former Mayor of Stockton, California
• Russell Moore, Director of the Public Theology Project at Christianity Today
• Keri Blakinger, Reporter at The Marshall Project
• Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Senior Opinion Writer at The Boston Globe
• Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, Assistant Dean of Civic Engagement at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin
• Harold Dutton, State Representative, D-Houston
• Mary González, State Representative, D-Clint
• Jason Johnson, Host of Slate’s “A Word” podcast
• Carol Leonnig, Reporter for the Washington Post
• Philip Rucker, Senior Washington Correspondent at The Washington Post
• Larry Taylor, State Senator, R-Friendswood
• Van Taylor, U.S. Representative, R-Plano
• Leana Wen, Former Public Health Commissioner of Baltimore
• James White, State Representative, R-Hillister
• Yamiche Alcindor, White House Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and Host of Washington Week
• Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator, D-Minnesota
• Chris Christie, Former Governor of New Jersey
• Alexander Vindman, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.), U.S. Army
• Eva Guzman, Former Texas Supreme Court Justice and 2022 Candidate for Texas Attorney General
• Jason Kander, Co-Host of the “Majority 54” podcast
• Colin Allred, U.S. Representative, D-Dallas
• Amna Nawaz, Chief Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour
• Carol Alvarado, State Senator, D-Houston
• Rafael Anchía, State Representative, D-Dallas
• Charlotte Alter, National Correspondent for TIME
• Dustin Burrows, State Representative, R-Lubbock
• Pamela Colloff, Senior Reporter at ProPublica and Staff Writer at The New York Times Magazine
• Henry Cuellar, U.S. Representative, D-Laredo
• Bianna Golodryga, Senior Global Affairs Analyst for CNN
• Bryan Hughes, State Senator, R-Mineola
• Kevin Merida, Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Times
• Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at New York University School of Law
• John Sharp, Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System
• Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
• George P. Bush, Land Commissioner of Texas
• Nikole Hannah-Jones, Staff Writer at The New York Times Magazine and Creator of “The 1619 Project”
• Beto O'Rourke, Former U.S. Representative, D-El Paso
• Lina Hidalgo, Harris County Judge
• Matthew Dowd, Former Chief Political Analyst for ABC News
• Peter Hotez, Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital
• Veronica Escobar, U.S. Representative, D-El Paso
• Mattie Parker, Mayor of Fort Worth
• Julián Castro, Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today
• Mike Morath, Texas Education Commissioner
• Errin Haines, Editor at Large at The 19th
• Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston
• Margaret Spellings, President and CEO of TEXAS 2036 and Former U.S. Secretary of Education
• Glenn Hegar, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Joaquin Castro, U.S. Representative, D-San Antonio
• Karen Tumulty, Deputy Editorial Page Editor for the Washington Post
• Tony Gonzales, U.S. Representative, R-San Antonio
• Michael Beschloss, Presidential Historian for NBC News
• LaTonya Goffney, Superintendent of Aldine Independent School District

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