
Houston Matters
Borrowing money for college (Sept. 29, 2023)
Posted on · On Friday's show: With federal student loans coming due again, we discuss a new initiative seeking to increase transparency in borrowing money for college.
Posted on · On Friday's show: With federal student loans coming due again, we discuss a new initiative seeking to increase transparency in borrowing money for college.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: We discuss a recent rise in COVID cases locally and whether there’s any cause for concern. And the head coach of the team from Needville discusses their experience at the Little League World Series.
Posted on · We discuss the rise of comic book adaptations with Richard Evans of Bedrock City Comics and Houston-area film critic Joe Leydon.
Posted on · Justin Sherburn will perform his live music score to the 1929 silent documentary film "Man with a Movie Camera" on Sept. 7 at The MATCH.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Two bookstores in Texas are suing over a new Texas law that requires them to rate books on their appropriateness and prohibits "sexually explicit" material from libraries.
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the “independent state legislature” theory. We discuss what the High Court’s 6-3 decision indicates and the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup.
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: We discuss the long history and fight over flood mitigation funding for Houston after Hurricane Harvey.
Posted on · Houston Matters reflects the history of technology and personal devices in Houston.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: We discuss what has and hasn't changed since the murder of George Floyd three years ago today and whether the activism that rose up after it backfired, at least here in Texas.
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: School vouchers, online sports betting, and efforts to pass a budget -- we talk through what is and what is not happening in the Texas Legislature in this week’s political roundup.
Posted on · The series is based on a Texas Monthly article and the publication has some fifty other film and TV projects in development based on archived stories.
Posted on · Alief native and filmmaker Quoc Tan Ly Huynh's "Chinatown" takes its inspiration from a 2018 illegal gambling ring exposed in Houston's Chinatown neighborhood.
Posted on · On Friday's show: We learn about new data from the 2019 ITC chemical fire, we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the week, and we learn about the City Nature Challenge.
Posted on · Houston Matters explores how brands and marketing have changed since the mid 1980s.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: The Rockets hired Ime Udoka as their new head coach because of his championship accumen, but is he worth the baggage stemming from his suspension in Boston related to a relationship with a female subordinate?