On Friday's Houston Matters: Elena Marks, president of the Episcopal Health Foundation, speaks with News 88.7 reporter Sara Ernst about a new survey showing some racial disparities among Houstonians impacting personal health. Also this hour: The new METRORapid Silver Line is now in service. Is METRO forgoing future light rail projects in favor of a bus rapid transit system? And book clubs aren't able to meet in person during the pandemic but that doesn't stop... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/09/04/381160/fridays-houston-matters-potential-covid-19-vaccine-raises-alarm-bells-metrorapid-silver-debuts-and-book-lovers-unite-online-sep-04-2020/">Read More</a>

On Friday's Houston Matters: Elena Marks, president of the Episcopal Health Foundation, speaks with News 88.7 reporter Sara Ernst about a new survey showing some racial disparities among Houstonians impacting personal health. Also this hour: The new METRORapid Silver Line is now in service. Is METRO forgoing future light rail projects in favor of a bus rapid transit system? And book clubs aren't able to meet in person during the pandemic but that doesn't stop... Read More

On Friday's Houston Matters: Elena Marks, president of the Episcopal Health Foundation, speaks with News 88.7 reporter Sara Ernst about a new survey showing some racial disparities among Houstonians impacting personal health. Also this hour: The new METRORapid Silver Line is now in service. Is METRO forgoing future light rail projects in favor of a bus rapid transit system? And book clubs aren't able to meet in person during the pandemic but that doesn't stop... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/09/04/381160/fridays-houston-matters-potential-covid-19-vaccine-raises-alarm-bells-metrorapid-silver-debuts-and-book-lovers-unite-online-sep-04-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Friday’s Houston Matters: Racial Disparities In Health, And Book Lovers Unite Online (Sep. 4, 2020)

Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we&#8217;ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston&#8230;well&#8230;Houston! We&#8217;ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation &#8212; one we hope you&#8217;ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

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Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you’ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you’ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

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