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Posted on · On Friday's show: Two staffers for Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo are asking that District Attorney Kim Ogg be disqualified from prosecuting their case, which involves a controversial COVID-19 outreach contract. We learn why. And the new Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Houston Field Office discusses his job and efforts to fight crime in the area.
Posted on · Episode: 2222 Jeremiah Horrocks, the 23-year-old “Father of English Astronomy.” Today, a planetary prodigy.
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: Why Texas added 5,100 upstream oil and gas jobs last month, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis answers your questions, and a conversation with poet Nikki Giovanni.
Posted on · Episode: 2193 Matthew Arnold’s honeymoon on Dover Beach: an odd Valentine’s Day greeting. Today, a Valentine’s Day greeting.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: An update on the COVID-19 situation in Montgomery County, a conversation with the new director of the Johnson Space Center, and poet Rita Dove talks about her latest collection.
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: How a new Texas law could affect employers' ability to require their workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and dispelling myths about the Alamo.
Posted on · Interest in poetry has been rising over the past year, creating an opportunity for renewed community engagement as a new local poet laureate takes the helm.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: No one’s coming for your hamburgers, and the Vice President isn't pushing her book on migrants at the border. But boy did those false claims catch on recently. So, what do we do about this Pandora’s box of amplified false news spread among cable news, tabloids, and social media?
Posted on · Local writers can now apply to be city’s literary arts ambassador – a role that aims to celebrate Houston’s diversity and resilience in these challenging times.
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: Tropical Storm Beta provides air quality information for Harris County, our weekly political roundup, a bug expert answers your questions, and an author returns to Texas 40 years after a falling out.
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: An update on COVID-19 in Greater Houston, what a potential second wave of the virus might mean, vocational training programs find ways to continue, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown.
Posted on · The Houston-born poet and translator talks about discovering the power of the written word and reads one of her works.
Posted on · Flynn, who teaches in the creative writing program at UH, discusses his latest collection of poetry, I Will Destroy You.
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: We learn about the race for Congressional District 22, a new study about the health of Harris County, rapper SaulPaul tells his story, and Nick Flynn talks about his new collection of poetry.
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: The governor's recent decision on resettling refugees in Texas, our weekly political roundup, the effectiveness of tax credits for renewable energy, and we meet Houston's new youth poet laureate.