Miles meets with City Council (June 20, 2024)
On Thursday's show: We learn what happened when Houston City Council members met with HISD Superintendent Miles. Then, we discuss concerns about how much the tech industry might strain our electric...
View ArticleThe challenge of eating healthy on a budget
The pandemic, inflation, and supply shortages -- a number of trends in recent years have only exacerbated a long-standing problem: how we, as consumers, are often steered to bad food options that are...
View Article10 things to remember about the Rockets first championship, 30 years later
One June 22, 1994, the Houston Rockets won the first of back-to-back NBA titles. Houston Matters looks back on what made that team and that season so special for a city used to sports disappointments.
View ArticlePutting warning labels on social media: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
View ArticleDueling Pride parades (June 21, 2024)
On Friday's show: We learn the results from the latest census of the area’s homeless population. Then, we learn why there are two dueling Pride parades in Houston this month. And we break down The...
View ArticleHouston writer Katherine Center explains what makes a good romantic comedy
Center's latest novel, "The Rom-Commers," tunnels into the world she knows best -- it's a romantic comedy about...people writing a romantic comedy.
View ArticleDomestic abuse gun law upheld (June 24, 2024)
On Monday's show: In another case out of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal gun law designed to protect domestic violence victims. We learn why the High Court upheld it a week after...
View ArticleIs mediocrity the new goal in Major League Baseball?
Have changes in the game given some teams more incentive to muddle through a year with hopes of squeezing into an expanded playoff field at season's end?
View ArticleAbortion guidance for doctors (June 25, 2024)
On Tuesday's show: The Texas Medical Board has adopted new guidance for doctors regarding what qualifies as a "life-threatening" circumstance when it comes to abortions in the state. We learn what the...
View ArticleThe week in politics (June 26, 2024)
On Wednesday's show: We preview this week’s presidential debate and discuss other developments in local, state, and national politics in our weekly roundup.
View ArticlePolitical Roundup: What’s different about the first Presidential debate
Thursday night, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will meet for their first debate of the 2024 Presidential race. We learn what will be different from past debates and discuss the...
View ArticlePoliticizing tragedies (June 27, 2024)
On Thursday's show: We preview this afternoon’s memorial service for 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray and discuss the politicization of tragedies like her murder, which has been talked about by candidates...
View ArticleWhat recent stories from Houston hospitals tell us about the questions...
Medical ethicist Valerie Gutmann Koch explains some of the ethical considerations doctors often face and discusses some of the issues raised by recent stories from Houston-area hospitals.
View ArticleHidalgo and Whitmire’s relationship gets weirder: The Good, The Bad, and The...
The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
View ArticleFrank Billingsley signs off (June 28, 2024)
On Friday's show: We get updates on METRO's decision to halt plans for the University Corridor line and on the latest death of a Harris County jail inmate. And we check in with retiring KPRC...
View ArticleFrank Billingsley, Houston’s longest-serving TV weatherman, prepares for his...
Billingsley tells his good friend, Houston Public Media's Ernie Manouse, how forecasting severe weather is like "a visit from your in-laws" and how he plans to spend retirement.
View ArticleSupreme Court rulings, and your pet peeves (July 1, 2024)
On Monday's show: Today is the final day the U.S. Supreme Court will hand down opinions before its summer recess. We review opinions handed down Friday as we await news of those final cases. And we...
View ArticleTracking early storms in the gulf (July 2, 2024)
On Tuesday's show: While current projections suggest Hurricane Beryl is not on its way toward Greater Houston, there is another tropical disturbance a few days behind it. We discuss the arrival of...
View ArticleRevisiting Houston’s civil rights history on a landmark anniversary
Sixty years ago today, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
View ArticleHouston’s changing restaurant scene (July 3, 2024)
On Wednesday's show: We discuss the Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity and the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup. And food writers discuss how the restaurant scene has...
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