Posted on · On Wednesday's show: An update on COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Fort Bend County, analysis of the week in politics, food writers discuss Houston's best Black-owned restaurants, and a new exhibit pays homage to DJ Screw.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Addressing an increase in violent crime, how the pandemic's affecting the social development of kids, and staging socially-distanced theatre in people's backyards.
Posted on · On today's show: Funeral services for George Floyd, City Controller Chris Brown answers questions about the city's finances, warm weather gardening advice, and a museum to honor Houston hip-hop.
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: We meet Greater Houston's new recovery czars, Rice University President David Leebron answers your questions, we discuss the role of social media in society, and we learn about a new onscreen depiction of the life of DJ Screw.
Posted on · SaulPaul talks about his new book, Be the Change: A Story of Transformation.
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 · Tchaikovsky’s classic is retold through breakdancing, rap and an MC. Plus, America’s favorite Tupperware lady hosts another kind of party just in time for the holidays.
Posted on · In his new memoir, 'The Art & Science of Respect', the founder of Houston-based Rap-A-Lot Records explains how a difficult childhood gave him the insatiable hunger for success.
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: As a week of mourning continues for former Pres. George H.W. Bush, we learn about the role his presidential library in College Station is playing in memorializing him. We learn about complications for lung and liver transplant patients at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. We find out how Texas is using settlement money from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. And James Prince talks about founding Houston-based Rap-A-Lot Records.
Posted on · Lance Scott Walker talks about his books Houston Rap and Houston Rap Tapes: An Oral History of Bayou City Hip-Hop.
Posted on · Houston is the latest city featured in the traveling street art project “The Rap Quotes”
Posted on · In his new memoir, Lamont “U-God” Hawkins talks about growing up in the projects, selling drugs, and serving time -- and how it all fueled his desire to make it in music.
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: We hear from outgoing HISD Superintendent Richard Carranza. Then, we offer you another chance to share the good news in your life. Plus, our non-experts discuss The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of the week's news. And we talk with one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan.
Posted on · We meet tennis instructor Timothy Russell, who moonlights as a rapper known as Guilla.
Posted on · After the shootings of law enforcement officers in Dallas last July (July 7, 2016), Houston-based rapper Joseph Wayne McVey — better known by his stage name Z-Ro — was inspired to write a song called No Justice No Peace. Despite what it might sound like, the rapper calls not only for more police accountability, but […]