On Tuesday's Houston Matters: We get an update on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting area hospitals from Dr. Marc Boom, the president of Houston Methodist. Also this hour: City Councilman Edward Pollard answers your questions. Plus, we preview a new era of American spaceflight, which is scheduled to begin Tuesday with the SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. It's the first time in almost a decade that American astronauts have... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/05/26/370347/tuesdays-houston-matters-an-historic-space-launch-may-26-2020/">Read More</a>

On Tuesday's Houston Matters: We get an update on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting area hospitals from Dr. Marc Boom, the president of Houston Methodist. Also this hour: City Councilman Edward Pollard answers your questions. Plus, we preview a new era of American spaceflight, which is scheduled to begin Tuesday with the SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. It's the first time in almost a decade that American astronauts have... Read More

On Tuesday's Houston Matters: We get an update on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting area hospitals from Dr. Marc Boom, the president of Houston Methodist. Also this hour: City Councilman Edward Pollard answers your questions. Plus, we preview a new era of American spaceflight, which is scheduled to begin Tuesday with the SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. It's the first time in almost a decade that American astronauts have... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/05/26/370347/tuesdays-houston-matters-an-historic-space-launch-may-26-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Tuesday’s Houston Matters: An Historic Space Launch, And City Councilman Edward Pollard (May 26, 2020)

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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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