Gaige Davila

Texas Standard • January 6, 2025

Brownsville elected officials are doing PR for embattled LNG megaproject

Interview I gave to KUT's The Texas Standard on how Brownsville elected officials are helping a liquified natural gas company's media strategy.

Texas Standard • November 11, 2024

In the Rio Grande Valley, a humbled GOP battles with Democrats for the center

Interview I did with KUT's The Texas Standard on Rio Grande Valley races in the 2024 election.

KJZZ • October 10, 2023

Lawmakers, activists react to Biden administration plans to build new border wall in Texas

Interview with KJZZ's (Phoenix, Arizona) The Show on the Biden administration waiving laws to resume federal construction of the U.S. Southern border wall.

WBUR • September 22, 2023

High migration through Texas border town of Eagle Pass strains resources

Interview with WBUR Boston's Here & Now on migration in Eagle Pass.

Texas Standard • September 22, 2023

Eagle Pass mayor predicts more migrants will follow the 4,000 people searching for hope and safety

Interview with Texas Standard on Eagle Pass being a major crossing point for migrants.

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) • July 8, 2023

Billionaire with a mission - Elon Musk: between Superman and global political villain

Interview I gave to SRF News (Switzerland) on the aftermath of SpaceX's first Starship launch.

Envoyé Spécial • May 25, 2023

In the head of Elon Musk

Interview I gave to television program Envoyé Spécial (France) on how Brownsville has changed since SpaceX built a launch facility in the city. Interview starts at 44:00.

WBUR • May 8, 2023

The latest from Brownsville, Texas, where a driver killing 8 by plowing into a crowd

Interview with WBUR Boston's Here & Now on the 8 migrants killed in Brownsville in a single-vehicle crash.

Science Friday • May 5, 2023

SpaceX Explosion Damages Environment Around Launch Site

Interview with WNYC (New York City) Science Friday on the environmental damage caused by SpaceX's first Starship launch.

Texas Standard • April 26, 2023

What’s driving voters to the polls for the May 6 election?

Featured in a multiple-reporter interview on the Texas Standard about 2023 midterm elections in Texas.

WBUR • April 20, 2023

SpaceX Starship rocket explodes after launch

Interview with WBUR Boston's Here & Now's on SpaceX's first Starship launch from Boca Chica Beach in South Texas.

Texas Standard • June 17, 2022

FAA orders SpaceX to make 75 changes before launching its largest rocket from the RGV

Interview with the Texas Standard about the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordering SpaceX to mitigate its Starship program and what activists and SpaceX founder Elon Musk said about it them.

Clubhouse • April 27, 2022

The News with Tanzina & Chad: Texas Death Penalty Case

Interview I gave to The News with Tanzina & Chad on Melissa Lucio, a Rio Grande Valley woman sentenced to death row after her daughter was found dead in her home.

Texas Standard • April 14, 2021

Some Rio Grande Valley Locals Warn SpaceX Expansion Could Lead To More Environmental Harm And Gentrification

Interview I gave to The Texas Standard on my SpaceX reporting while editor of the Port Isabel-South Padre Press.

The Monocle • June 6, 2020

Saturday 6 June 2020 - The Minute

Featured on London-based magazine The Monocle's "The Minute" Weekend Edition, titled "Texas two."