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Tuesday’s Show: Holiday Travel Tips, And Bill Nye The Science Guy (Nov. 26, 2019)

On today’s Houston Matters: As holiday travelers take to the air and roads, we offer travel tips and a refresher on the right way to drive in Houston. Plus WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg tells his story. And we talk with Bill Nye the Science Guy.

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On Tuesday’s Houston Matters: The next 48-72 hours will be among the heaviest travel days of the year — both through the air and on the road. So, we remind air travelers what you can and can’t bring to the airport, among other travel tips.

And local law enforcement officers answer questions about the right and wrong way to drive on Greater Houston’s road and highways — think of it as a refresher course on the rules of the road:

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Also this hour: More than a third of the world’s websites are created using the blogging site WordPress. The Houston native who co-founded the site, Matt Mullenweg, tells us about creating it while a student at the University of Houston:

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And we talk with Bill Nye the Science Guy, who was in town last week to speak at SpaceCom, the annual conference on commercial spaceflight:

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Michael Hagerty

Michael Hagerty

Senior Producer, Houston Matters

Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for Houston Matters. He's spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and dabbled in minor league baseball, spending four seasons as the public address announcer for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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