On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Harris County commissioners have approved another step for a controversial project tied to storm water detention along a portion of Buffalo Bayou. News 88.7's Brien Straw tells us more. And experts say the vote is part of a bigger conversation about reducing future flooding. We get Jim Blackburn's opinion on the project. He’s co-director of Rice University’s SSPEED Center. Also this hour: Two weeks ago, Voice Media Group announced it would end print... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2017/11/14/250264/full-show-the-death-of-the-alt-weekly-and-the-science-of-creativity-nov-14-2017/">Read More</a>

On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Harris County commissioners have approved another step for a controversial project tied to storm water detention along a portion of Buffalo Bayou. News 88.7's Brien Straw tells us more. And experts say the vote is part of a bigger conversation about reducing future flooding. We get Jim Blackburn's opinion on the project. He’s co-director of Rice University’s SSPEED Center. Also this hour: Two weeks ago, Voice Media Group announced it would end print... Read More

On Tuesday's Houston Matters:&nbsp;Harris County commissioners have approved another step for a controversial project tied to storm water detention along a portion of Buffalo Bayou. News 88.7's Brien Straw tells us more. And&nbsp;experts say the vote is part of a bigger conversation about reducing future flooding. We get Jim Blackburn's opinion on the project. He’s co-director of Rice University’s SSPEED Center. Also this hour: Two weeks ago, Voice Media Group announced it would end print... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2017/11/14/250264/full-show-the-death-of-the-alt-weekly-and-the-science-of-creativity-nov-14-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Full Show: The Death Of The Alt Weekly, And The Science Of Creativity (Nov. 14, 2017)

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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