Political Roundtable and Video Game Music: Friday’s show (July 15, 2016)

The 2016 Republican National Convention kicks off on Monday in Cleveland, and the Democratic National Convention will be held in Philadelphia later this month. On this edition of Houston Matters, we preview the conventions, and discuss other developments in politics with potential impact for Houston and Texas, with News 88.7 FM’s politics and government reporter Andrew Schneider, University of Houston Associate Professor of Political Science Brandon Rottinghaus, and Texas Southern University Assistant Professor of Political Science Jay Aiyer.

Also this hour:

The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Our panel of “non-experts” joins us to discuss The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the week’s news. Today, we’re joined by Houston Chronicle columnist Lisa Falkenberg, conservative writer and political analyst Vlad Davidiuk, and attorney and community education advocate Monica Richart.

The Evolution of Video Game Music

We present an excerpt from a recent episode of the Classical Classroom podcast, in which Houston Public Media’s Dacia Clay and Joshua Zinn, and Lesley Sabol from the Houston Symphony, discuss the evolution of video game music, in advance of the symphony’s July 23rd performance called Distant Worlds, which features music from the Final Fantasy video game series.

Houston Matters begins at noon.