James Talarico

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4,239 appearances 18 recordings 14 series first heard Jul 2025 last heard 3 Jun

James Talarico’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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I love our senior lawmakers and legislators, but I do think people, especially the Democratic Party, are hungry for a new generation to step up.

And that's what we saw in the Kennedys.

That's what we saw in President Obama was young people stepping up to lead.

And I think that's so important right now because

Young people are able to see the world anew and dream of the way things ought to be.

And I think we've really been lacking for that.

I think we've been missing that inspiration and that vision that really only young candidates can provide.

So I'm very flattered by any of those comparisons.

I do think it reveals something a little deeper, which is that folks are ready for the next generation to step up.

Yeah.

I mean, it was just me and her right after I was born.

She was a preacher's daughter from South Texas, from Laredo, right there on our southern border.

And she left home at 19.

She, like me, has a rebellious streak.

She has a problem with authority sometimes and has no problem speaking truth to power.

And so when she was 19, she, I think, was ready to leave Laredo behind and strike out on her own and build her own life.

And

So she moved up to Austin, Texas, the big city.

And that was where she met my birth father, who was a 21-year-old high school dropout.

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