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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Is Downtown Back?
How to make downtown Houston a "playscape..."
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Diesel Thieves, the Two-Year Snarl at 610 and I...
It's Friday, and we're talking news.
22 min
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Blowing Out-of-Towners' Minds in Houston
Houston has world-class spots
16 min
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Into the Wild We Go, Houston’s Nature Challenge
This weekend, hundreds of Houstonians will play along with the city nature challenge.
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The Texas War on Teachers Takes a Toll
One teacher's "form of protest"
14 min
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Ike Dike 101: What It Is and Why Houston Really...
Plans for the Ike Dike are moving along, but slowly
18 min
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Simone Biles’ New Athletic Line, Texas’ Loss of...
A Houston Friday Round up!
14 min
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Where Houston Gets Caffeinated
Our Favorite Houston Coffee Spots
19 min
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Where the Buffalo Roamed
Did you ever wonder what Houston was like, before there were freeways and concrete?
19 min
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Wondering About Solar Panels? We’ve Got Answers.
There's only upsides to solar in Houston
18 min
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Smuggling Banned Books from Houston to Austin
Meet the Librotraficantes
16 min
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A Teacher Shortage, Rice University Masks up an...
Today, we look back at the week in news
22 min
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Houston Galleria: The Largest Mall in Texas, an...
The Houston Galleria: It's all about the experience
17 min
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Lina Hidalgo’s First Scandal?
This week, a Harris County grand jury indicted three of Hidalgo's aides on charges related to an $11 million contract.
10 min
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Our Era's Version of the Galleria
Does POST Houston deserve all the hype?
20 min
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Recording the Night Skies of Houston
Thousands of birds fly over Houston each night
20 min
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The Hidalgo–Ogg War, Cutting Crime, and Sneakin...
It's a Friday news roundup!
25 min
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The Art Car Parade: Houston’s Strangest Point o...
All hail the return of the Art Car Parade!
18 min
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Party Bike With the H-Town Sound
Pedaling to the Houston hits
13 min
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What Is Bail Reform? And Why Should I Care?
The successes of Harris County's bail reform
17 min
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Making Sense of Ted Cruz
A Ted Cruz 101
18 min
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MFAH Goes to Court, Texas Is Stressed, Glorious...
It's a Friday news roundup!
16 min
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Ramadan in Houston: Reflection, Spiritual Growt...
A Snapshot of Ramadan in Houston
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We don’t think of Houston as a nature hotspot. ...
We think of Houston as a city of skyscrapers, sprawl and freeways — but it's also a surprisingly natural place
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What Texas Can Learn From Illinois about Cannabis
A Chicagoan explains legal weed to Lisa Gray
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