City Cast Houston

Food, culture, news and nature in the sweaty Bayou City. Join Host Raheel Ramzanali and the City Cast Houston team as we celebrate and interrogate this sprawling place with our favorite journalists, thinkers, leaders, neighbors and gadflies. Learn more and subscribe to our daily morning newsletter, Hey Houston, at houston.citycast.fm.

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Society & Culture
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NASA’s Big Plans, Napkin Poisoning & Serena Wil...
It’s that time of the week where we dive into a weeks worth of news.
22 min
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Our Guide to Bargain Shopping in H-Town
Get Your Wallets Out, We’ve Got a list of Bargain Spots
22 min
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The Shamrock Hotel: A Wildcatter’s Dream of the...
Remembering the Shamrock Hotel
18 min
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Why Houston Is a Great Place To Raise Honeybees
The Benefits of Honeybees From a Beekeeper
13 min
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Why is Finding the Right School in HTX so Hard?
Charter schools, private schools, public schools and more!
19 min
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Mo Amer, Katy ISD, and Student Loans
It’s that time of the week where we dive into a weeks worth of news from around Houston.
26 min
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The Best Date Night Ideas in HTX
This week, we dive into the best date night spots around the city.
20 min
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Neighborhood Guide: Alief, Where Immigrants Set...
Lead producer Dina Kesbeh, who grew up in Alief, discusses the neighborhood with two of her high school classmates.
28 min
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Houston, the Magnolia City
Magnolias are a symbol of the Old South — but they’re also so much more.
16 min
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Two Texas Teachers Explain Why They Quit
Texas teachers are leaving the profession in droves
22 min
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Monkeypox Success, a Toxic Threat Map, & a Stud...
It's Friday! And on Fridays, we talk about all the latest news!
28 min
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H-town’s Best Brunches
Do you brunch?
22 min
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Oak Leaves’ Wild Secrets: What Goes on Inside G...
Where Houston Scientists Are Finding New Species
19 min
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50 Years of Downtown HTX’s Growth Spurts
Houston is changing before our eyes — and nowhere more than downtown.
24 min
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Houston Lawyer Explains Why Divorces Are So Mea...
Divorce has never been an easy subject
16 min
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Big Teacher Raises, RIP Shasta, and Local Team ...
It's Friday! And on Fridays, we talk about all the latest news!
25 min
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You lured a friend to visit Houston. Now what?
How, in just a day, can you make your out-of-town friend understand what’s great about this place?
26 min
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Malls Are Dying. So Why Is The Galleria Packed?
Wasn’t e-commerce supposed to kill malls?
18 min
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Uvalde, COVID & 4th-Grade Math: How to Deal wit...
It's back to school season!
18 min
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A Dream of a Blimp Race Around the World
Today on City Cast Houston, host Lisa Gray speaks with Houstonian, Don Hartsell, founder and 1st Commissioner for the World Air League.
16 min
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Bribery, monkeypox, and Ferrill’s goodbye
It's Friday, which means it's that time of the week where we round up the news!
25 min
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The Bayou Where Houston Was Born
So much to love about Buffalo Bayou
16 min
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Why Houston Is Still Space City
The Houston Spaceport will grow space exploration capabilities
18 min
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Why Houston's Bees Are at War With Each Other
Like pollinators everywhere, the bees native to the Houston area are struggling.
12 min
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City Cast CEO Tests Our Htown Knowledge
Today, we are bringing back one of our favorite episodes
19 min