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Are You A Better Speller Than Craig Cohen And Ernie Manouse?
Posted on · The two hosts face off in an unusual spelling challenge ahead of this year's Houston Public Media Spelling Bee.
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Finalists from Pearland and Beaumont Emerge from 2018 Houston Public Media Spelling Bee
Posted on · Two finalists will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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Houston Matters Producers Square Off In A Spelling Bee — And It Doesn’t Go Well
Posted on · As the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee approaches, Houston Matters producers try their hands at spelling some of the words from the competition.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Political Roundup, And Board Game Culture (April 11, 2018)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: We learn about a ruling on LGBT discrimination. We break down the latest political stories. We hold our annual spelling bee. And we see how playing board games is thriving in the age of technology.
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The Second Annual Houston Matters Spelling Bee
Posted on · On Wednesday (May 31, 2017), the best 12- to 14-year-old spellers from across the country will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Among them are two competitors from the Greater Houston area: Shourav Dasari, the 2017 Houston Public Media Spelling Bee champion, and Raksheet Kota, the runner up. We wish them well, of course, […]
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Finalists from The Woodlands and Katy Emerge from Houston Public Media Spelling Bee
Posted on · After competing in nine rounds with 56 total spellers representing 42 Texas counties, Shourav Dasari, a resident of The Woodlands and an eighth grader at McCullough Jr. High in Conroe ISD, emerged as the champion of the 2017 Houston Public Media Spelling Bee, making Raksheet Kota, a resident of Katy and an eighth grader at Beckendorff Jr. High in Katy ISD, runner-up.
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The 1st-Ever Houston Matters Spelling Bee
Posted on · This Saturday (April 2, 2016), Houston Public Media will hold its annual Spelling Bee on TV 8, in which the area's best 12-14 year old spellers will compete for a chance to represent the Houston region in this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee. For a (much, much shorter) preview of the competition, we pit Craig […]
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How Winning the Spelling Bee Changed One Houstonian’s Life
Posted on · The 2014 Houston Public Media Spelling Bee takes place tomorrow (March 29, 2014). The bee features the top 55 young spellers from more than a thousand schools from East Texas to Austin. They'll compete for the opportunity to represent Greater Houston in this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. It's great fun watching these […]
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Local Speller Almost Makes Finals of National Bee
Posted on · A seventh-grader from Pearland came within one round of the National Spelling Bee finals today before he was tripped-up by a word he'd never heard before.