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How highways affect Texans (April 9, 2024)
FromHouston Matters
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49 minutes
Released:
Apr 9, 2024
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Podcast episode
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On Tuesday's show: A Harris County inmate has died after being transferred to a private prison in Louisiana. News 88.7 reporter Lucio Vasquez brings us the latest on the second reported in-custody death this year.
Also this hour: Highway expansion was once deemed essential to Houston’s future. Today, it’s criticized for displacing homes and businesses and dividing cities. Texas-based journalist Megan Kimble discusses how highways affect Texans in her book, City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways.
Then: Ahead of his appearance tomorrow at Blue Willow Bookshop, we talk with Keith O’Brien, author of the new book Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball. We discuss Rose, the re-emergence of gambling in professional sports, and the recent scandal involving the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani.
And we visit the cat circus. Yes, the cat circus. The Amazing Acro-Cats are in Houston for shows this week at The MATCH.
Released:
Apr 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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