The Right Idea

In the 100th episode extravaganza, hosts Brian Phillips and Derek Cohen talk to leading conservative voices at the 2025 TFRW Conference in San Antonio.
 
6:51 Dawn Buckingham, Texas Land Commissioner
 17:40 Deborah Wall, Camino Real Republican Women President
 49:47 Jim Wright, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman
 1:05:02 Mary Elise Cosgray, Statewide Politics Reporter for The Texan
 1:34:04 Grant Moody, Bexar County Commissioner 
 1:47:21 Congressman Nathaniel Moran
 2:12:52 Misty Spears, San Antonio City Council Member
 2:27:39 Jill Tate, Texas Federation of Republican Women President
 3:00:39 Texas State Senator Pete Flores (SD-24)
 3:21:59 Wrap up

Creators and Guests

Host
Brian Phillips
Brian Phillips is the Chief Communications Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. For over a decade, Brian has helped policymakers and political candidates develop effective messages and communication strategies. Phillips is a veteran of presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial campaigns, and has extensive experience working in the United States Congress and public policy think tanks.
Host
Derek M. Cohen
Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D, is the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Chief Policy & Research Officer and Right on Crime Senior Fellow. Previously the Vice President of Policy and director of Right on Crime, the Foundation’s criminal justice reform initiative, Cohen was instrumental in the passage of the First Step Act, federal legislation that borrowed from successful changes to prisons and sentencing that he had helped pass in conservative states. In addition to leading the Foundation’s work on criminal justice, he is also the lead researcher of firearms policy.

What is The Right Idea?

The Right Idea: The Texas Public Policy Foundation's weekly look at the people, policy, and politics that drive Texas.