On Thursday's Houston Matters: As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Greater Houston, local hospitals are struggling to treat the influx of patients. Mayor Sylvester Turner expressed his concern specifically for Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals -- the publicly funded hospitals in the Harris Health System. We check in with the system's CEO, Dr. Esmaeil Porsa. Also this hour: Heading into the Fourth of July weekend, and in light of protests and unrest across the... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/07/02/377174/thursdays-houston-matters-unemployment-in-houston-and-your-feelings-about-america-right-now-july-2-2020/">Read More</a>

On Thursday's Houston Matters: As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Greater Houston, local hospitals are struggling to treat the influx of patients. Mayor Sylvester Turner expressed his concern specifically for Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals -- the publicly funded hospitals in the Harris Health System. We check in with the system's CEO, Dr. Esmaeil Porsa. Also this hour: Heading into the Fourth of July weekend, and in light of protests and unrest across the... Read More

On Thursday's Houston Matters: As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Greater Houston, local hospitals are struggling to treat the influx of patients. Mayor Sylvester Turner expressed his concern specifically for Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals -- the publicly funded hospitals in the Harris Health System. We check in with the system's CEO, Dr. Esmaeil Porsa. Also this hour: Heading into the Fourth of July weekend, and in light of protests and unrest across the... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/07/02/377174/thursdays-houston-matters-unemployment-in-houston-and-your-feelings-about-america-right-now-july-2-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Thursday’s Houston Matters: Public Hospitals Weather The COVID-19 Influx, And Your Feelings About America (July 2, 2020)

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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