On Friday's Houston Matters: We learn more about plans for a state takeover of the HISD board. Also this hour: Cycling fatalities are not just a problem in the city's urban core. BikeHouston executive director Clark Martinson tells us more. Then, we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news. And religious historian Karen Armstrong discusses changes in how believers of many faiths approach and interpret scripture. She speaks in... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2019/11/08/351249/fridays-show-the-state-takeover-of-hisd-and-cycling-fatalities-nov-8-2019/">Read More</a>

On Friday's Houston Matters: We learn more about plans for a state takeover of the HISD board. Also this hour: Cycling fatalities are not just a problem in the city's urban core. BikeHouston executive director Clark Martinson tells us more. Then, we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news. And religious historian Karen Armstrong discusses changes in how believers of many faiths approach and interpret scripture. She speaks in... Read More

On Friday's Houston Matters: We learn more about plans for a state takeover of the HISD board. Also this hour: Cycling fatalities are not just a problem in the city's urban core. BikeHouston executive director Clark Martinson tells us more. Then, we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news. And religious historian Karen Armstrong discusses changes in how believers of many faiths approach and interpret scripture. She speaks in... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2019/11/08/351249/fridays-show-the-state-takeover-of-hisd-and-cycling-fatalities-nov-8-2019/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Friday’s Show: The State Takeover Of HISD, And Cycling Fatalities (Nov. 8, 2019)

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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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