Fort Bend superintendent saga (Dec. 12, 2023)

On Tuesday's show: Fort Bend ISD’s board of trustees met last night amid ongoing questions over why it’s sent the district’s superintendent into early retirement. We review what we have – and haven’t learned – since this all became public at last week’s board meeting. 

Also this hour: We’re doomed – but we can be okay with it, says author David Gessner. He shares why in his book, A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World.

Then, we revisit our 2021 conversation with actor and Houston native Brent Spiner, who’s best known for playing Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

And, ahead of the Houston Symphony's annual performance of Handel’s Messiah, we learn how the piece has become a holiday staple even though only one section of this very large work is actually centered on Christmas and the nativity. And the most famous part, the Hallelujah chorus, isn’t even part of that section.