On Thursday's Houston Matters: We learn about the potential for a rent relief program from Houston City Council. Also this hour: A nonprofit disaster relief group has some recommendations about how to respond to the social and economic effects of the coronavirus. Then two Houston Methodist doctors discuss their service aboard the medical relief ship USNS Mercy and explain how they think COVID-19 might change their field. Plus the U.S. Supreme Court streamed audio of... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/05/07/368917/thursdays-show-rent-relief-and-serving-aboard-the-usns-mercy-may-7-2020/">Read More</a>

On Thursday's Houston Matters: We learn about the potential for a rent relief program from Houston City Council. Also this hour: A nonprofit disaster relief group has some recommendations about how to respond to the social and economic effects of the coronavirus. Then two Houston Methodist doctors discuss their service aboard the medical relief ship USNS Mercy and explain how they think COVID-19 might change their field. Plus the U.S. Supreme Court streamed audio of... Read More

On Thursday's Houston Matters: We learn about the potential for a rent relief program from Houston City Council. Also this hour: A nonprofit disaster relief group has some recommendations about how to respond to the social and economic effects of the coronavirus. Then two Houston Methodist doctors discuss their service aboard the medical relief ship USNS Mercy and explain how they think COVID-19 might change their field. Plus the U.S. Supreme Court streamed audio of... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/05/07/368917/thursdays-show-rent-relief-and-serving-aboard-the-usns-mercy-may-7-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Thursday’s Show: Rent Relief, And Serving Aboard The USNS Mercy (May 7, 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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