On Tuesday's Houston Matters: City Council member Tarsha Jackson answers your questions about issues affecting city government.

Also this hour: We talk with comedian and Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! panelist Paula Poundstone. She performs at the Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston on Oct. 30.

And local writer Jennifer Mathieu talks about her latest young adult novel, Bad Girls Never Say Die. It's a retelling of The Outsiders with female characters.