Indo American News Radio Houston TX

IANR 2529 071925 Line Up

4-6pm INTERVIEWS

Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, July 19, 2025 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio, a production of Indo American News (www.IndoAmerican-News.com). Weare on 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app.

By Monday, hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 6 years of Podcasts and have had thousands of hits.

TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR FREE PODCAST CHANNEL AND YOU’LL BE NOTIFIED OF NEW UPDATES.

4:20 pm With the passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill, ICE will receive $29.9 billion, $45 billion for detention facilities, funds to hire 10,000 agents and another $75 billion in supplemental funding. It is bound to lead to many arrests and people will need immigration attorneys to represent them. On the other hand, asylum application fees havegone up to $900, work authorization fees up to $575, renewals to $275 and parole applications to $1,000. We ask attorney George Willy and his Of Counsel retired Judge Jimmie Bennet to explain all this as well as whether to file or not to file?

4:50 pm After having a heart attack at 52 and discovering that there was more to it than bad choices, Dr. Mubin Syed began his mission to share the causes of and solutions for the health crisis affecting South Asians around the world. Dr. Syed is a physician with almost 30 years of experience,specializing in endovascular therapy. He is also a health historian, a medtech entrepreneur, and a medical products inventor holding 28 patents. He calls in from Ohio to discuss his book Healing From Our History: How Colonial Era Famines Led to a Modern South Asian Health Crisis which tries to explain why South Asian are more prone to diabetes and heart disease.

5:20 pm Gopal Aggarwal is the founder and CEO of Tara Capital. He leads the company's corporate strategy, long-range planning, and business development functions and oversees capital improvement and value-add programs across portfolio. He has over 30 years of multi-facetedreal estate experience across apartments, hotels, and retail. He joins us again today to tell us more about his current project which is open to interested investors right now, as well as what to look for when making a real estate investment.

Also stay tuned in for news roundup, views, sports and movie reviews.     

TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW, OR TO ADVERTISE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 713-789-NEWS or 6397 or at [email protected]

Please pick up the print edition of Indo American News which is available all across town at grocery stores. Also visit our website indoamerican-news.com which gets 90,000+ hits to track all current stories.

And remember to visit our digital archives from over 17 years. 

Plus, our entire 44 years of hard copy archives are available in the Fondren Library at Rice University.

IAN UNPLUGGED 2529 071925

Featured on Sat, July 19, 2025 from 3 - 4 pm on the “IAN UNPLUGGED” segment of Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerica-News.com) on 98.7 FM:

On “Hey, Wassup?”, Jay & Sanchali discuss the true cost of oil with our frequent guest and occasional host, the analytical Gautam Sinha, who also does a brief dive into the history ofBlack Gold.

IAN UNPLUGGED 2528 071225 Line Up

Featured on Sat, July 12, 2025 from 3 - 4 pm on the “IAN UNPLUGGED” segment of Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerica-News.com) LIVE on 98.7 FM:“On the Road I Have Traveled”, Jay & Sanchali speak with a couple who has not only become synonymous with philanthropy all across the city but also widely applauded for their graciousness and sense of style which endears them toeveryone they meet. Of course, we are speaking about Nat and Leela Krishnamurthy, a couple who is so often always seen together that you can’t talk about one without thinking of the other. They join us in the studio today to talk abouttheir incredible life journey and their immense philanthropy.

IANR 2528 071225 SPECIAL FEATURE

HISTORY TALKS - A series of 6 Episodes on the stories behind the things that have affected our lives

Episode 4: The History of Gold

First featured on Sat, July 12, 2025 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio, a production of Indo American News (www.IndoAmerican-News.com). We are on 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app.Hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 6 years of Podcasts and have had thousands of hits.

TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR FREE PODCAST CHANNEL AND YOU’LL BENOTIFIED OF NEW UPDATES.

We all can think of many inventions and discoveries that have changed our world, from the wheel tothe cell phone. We turned to Ashok Rao, a serial entrepreneur and restauranteur - he owns Song Kran Thai restaurant in Uptown Park - to research out six compelling inventions and moments in time that have affected the way we live. So far, he has related the story of the Tulip Bubble, the story of Ethylene and Windmill Power. He is back again today with the fourth episode of the fascinating History Talks series, a topic you won’t want to miss – The History of Gold.

IANR 2528 071225 Line Up

4-6pm INTERVIEWS

Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, July 12, 2025 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio, a production of Indo American News (www.IndoAmerican-News.com). We are on 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app.

By Monday, hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 6 years of Podcasts and have had thousands of hits.

TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR FREE PODCAST CHANNEL AND YOU’LL BE NOTIFIED OF NEW UPDATES.

4:20 pm The Indo American Charity Foundation has served the local community for over three decades through donations and projects that help those in need, as well as scholarships to graduating high school seniors. It has just launched a drive to collect $500,000 for the relief efforts in the recently devastated Kerr County area. To tell us more and how to donate, we are joined by IACF Board Directors RaviRaina, Secretary Dr. Venkateswar Surabhi. & Treasurer Venkata Pisipati.

4:50 pm The One Big, Beautiful Bill – officially known as the OBBBA (for Act), has become legislation that will have rippling effects throughout the economy and the fabric of American society. Much has been said about the increased funding for Defense and the reduction in Medicaid benefits.But, hidden in the 900 pages of text are other multiple items that will slowly become clear, so we asked our frequent guest and occassional host, the incisive Chetan Dave, to peer into this and tell us what to expect.

5:20 pm We all can think of many inventions and discoveries that have changed our world, from the wheel to the cell phone. We turned to Ashok Rao, a serial entrepreneur andrestauranteur - he owns Song Kran Thai restaurant in Uptown Park - to research out six compelling inventions and moments in time that have affected the way we live. So far, he has related the story of the Tulip Bubble, the story ofEthylene and Windmill Power. He is back again today with the fourth episode of the fascinating History Talks series, a topic you won’t want to miss – The History of Gold.

Also stay tuned in for news roundup, views, sports and movie reviews.     

TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW, OR TO ADVERTISE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 713-789-NEWS or 6397 or at [email protected]

Please pick up the print edition of Indo American News which is available all across town at grocery stores. Also visit our website indoamerican-news.com which gets 90,000+ hits to track all current stories.

And remember to visit our digital archives from over 17 years. 

Plus, our entire 44 years of hard copy archives are available in the Fondren Library at Rice University.

IANR 2526 062825 SPECIAL FEATURE

HISTORY TALKS - A series of 6 Episodes on the stories behind the things that have affected our lives

Episode 3: Windmills: From GraIn to Gigawatts

First featured on Sat, June 28, 2025 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio, a production of Indo American News (www.IndoAmerican-News.com). We are on 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app.

Hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 6 years of Podcasts and have had thousands of hits.

TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR FREE PODCAST CHANNEL AND YOU’LL BENOTIFIED OF NEW UPDATES.

We all can think of many inventions and discoveries that have changed our world, from the wheel to the cell phone. We turned to Ashok Rao, a serial entrepreneur and restauranteur - he owns Song Kran Thai restaurant in Uptown Park - to research out six compelling inventions and moments in time that have affected the way we live. So far, he has related the story of the Tulip Bubble and the story of Ethylene. He is back again today with the third episode of the fascinating History Talks series – Windmills: From Grain to Gigawatts.

IANR 2527 070525 Line Up

4-6pm INTERVIEWS

Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, July 5, 2025 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio, a production of Indo American News (www.IndoAmerican-News.com). We areon 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app.

By Monday, hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 6 years of Podcasts and have had thousands of hits.

TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR FREE PODCAST CHANNEL AND YOU’LL BE NOTIFIED OF NEW UPDATES.

4:20 pm Experts warned us that Artificial Intelligence or AI would very quickly – within 5 years, some said – change our interfaces with the way we use data and even with machines – and in fact the change is revolutionary and coming at us like a ton of bricks! Within the past six months, email platforms like Google and Yahoo have changed theirappearance and summarize the email before we get to it; photos and videos have been doctored to look real and companies like Microsoft are laying off thousands as AI can write some software code by itself. We turn to an expert inAI, Partha Chatterjee, to explain these profound changes and what more to expect in this brave new world.

4:50 pm The Texas Legislature has passed Senate Bill 22which will increase the incentives for the film, tv and gaming industries to be more competitive with other states and lure more production here. Texas will now dole out $300 million to qualifying projects every two years – an increase of$100 million in 2023 - or $1.5 billion over ten years. With so many South Asians involved in the entertainment business, we asked one who has made a transition to feature movies, Harsh Mahadeshwar, what this will mean to film makers.He is joined by actress Jessica Lee Wrabel.

5:20 pm Two decades ago, educators and social entrepreneurs in India realized that the key to a primary education lay in making sure that young students had a full belly so that they could concentrate on their lessons. This same idea - vasudhaiva kutumbakam  - was transplanted to the US and has taken root in seven cities as the One World One Cause Foundation, and to tell us more aboutits outreach, we welcome to the show Vivek Mahadevan, a former and retransplanted Houstonian.

Also stay tuned in for news roundup, views, sports and movie reviews.     

TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW, OR TO ADVERTISE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 713-789-NEWS or6397 or at [email protected]

Please pick up the print edition of Indo American News which is available all across town at grocery stores. Also visit our website indoamerican-news.com which gets 90,000+ hits to track all current stories.

And remember to visit our digital archives from over 17 years. 

Plus, our entire 44 years of hard copy archives are available in the Fondren Library at Rice University.

IAN UNPLUGGED 2526 062825

Featured on Sat, July 12, 2025 from 3 - 4 pm on the “IAN UNPLUGGED” segment of Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerica-News.com) LIVE on 98.7 FM:On “Hey, Wassup?”, Jay & Sanchali tackle the issue of mental health – how to identify symptoms, where to get help and how society can support those in distress – with professionals in the area, Mahtab Moradi, Dr. PrashantGajwani and Alpa Shah.

IANR 2526 062825 Line Up

4-6pm INTERVIEWS

Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, June 28, 2025 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio, a production of Indo American News (www.IndoAmerican-News.com). Weare on 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app.

By Monday, hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 6 years of Podcasts and have had thousands of hits.

TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR FREE PODCAST CHANNEL AND YOU’LL BE NOTIFIED OF NEW UPDATES.

4:20 pm We all can think of many inventions and discoveries that have changed our world, from the wheel tothe cell phone. We turned to Ashok Rao, a serial entrepreneur and restauranteur - he owns Song Kran Thai restaurant in Uptown Park - to research out six compelling inventions and moments in time that have affected the way we live. So far, he has related the story of the Tulip Bubble and the story of Ethylene. He is back again today with the third episode of the fascinating History Talks series – Windmills: From Grain to Gigawatts.

4:50 pm The Tagore Society of Houston will be bringing“Barnali”, a program featuring word renowned exponents of Rabindra Sangeet: Rizwana Bannya Choudhury and Shwapnil Shojib, on July 25 & 26. To tell us more about this, we are joined by TSH President Drubha Ghose and membersBaiduriya Chatterjee, Saurab Ghosh and Kajal Roy.

5:20 pm More and more Indian Americans are running for elected offices and quite a few are in high positionsnationwide with six in the US Congress: Ami Bera, Suhash Subramania, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna, Shri Thanedar and Raja Krishnamoorthi. Aruna K. Miller is the 10th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Maryland. She is the second woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor and the first woman ofcolor and immigrant elected to statewide office in Maryland. A Democrat, she took office in 2022, in a state that has a very diverse mix of demographics. LG Miller joins us today to talk about her political journey.

Also stay tuned in for news roundup, views, sports and movie reviews.     

TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW, OR TO ADVERTISE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 713-789-NEWS or 6397 or at [email protected]

Please pick up the print edition of Indo American News which is available all across town at grocery stores. Also visit our website indoamerican-news.com which gets 90,000+ hits to track all current stories.

And remember to visit our digital archives from over 17 years. 

Plus, our entire 44 years of hard copy archives are available in the Fondren Library at Rice University.

IAN UNPLUGGED 2525 062125 (Guest hosts Sridhar Kotha & Balaji Ramchnadran in for Jay & Pramod)

Featured on Sat, June 21, 2025 from 3 - 4 pm on the “IAN UNPLUGGED” segment of Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerica-News.com) LIVE on 98.7 FM:On“Bats & Balls”, Sanchali, Sridhar & Balaji discuss the ongoing national cricket series matches with Major League Cricket’s tournament manager Zubin Surkari. Joiningin is women’s league player and referee Mithali Bhanja Choudhury.