<img class="alignnone wp-image-530383 size-medium" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/09105018/HMCC-Featured-Image-Dark-Blue-2025-1000x563.jpg" alt="A mint green skyline against a dark blue background with the words Houston Matters with Craig Cohen in white" width="1000" height="563" />On Monday's show: The Atlantic hurricane season begins today. We get a reminder about what you need to know as we head into the season.Also this hour: We offer listeners a chance to vent about their <a target="_blank" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/topics/shows/houston-matters/pet-peeves/" rel="noopener">pet peeves</a> about life in our city.And we get an update on the Astros.Watchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57fcRD32nJo

On Monday's show: The Atlantic hurricane season begins today. We get a reminder about what you need to know as we head into the season. Also this hour: We offer listeners a chance to vent about their pet peeves about life in our city. And we get an update on the Astros. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57fcRD32nJo

On Monday's show: The Atlantic hurricane season begins today. We get a reminder about what you need to know as we head into the season.Also this hour: We offer listeners a chance to vent about their&nbsp;<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/topics/shows/houston-matters/pet-peeves/" rel="noopener noreferrer">pet peeves</a>&nbsp;about life in our city.And we get an update on the Astros.Watchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57fcRD32nJo

Hurricane season begins (June 1, 2026)

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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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