City Cast Houston
The daily podcast for food, culture, news, and nature in the sweaty Bayou City. Join host Raheel Ramzanali and the City Cast Houston team every weekday morning 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 at houston.citycast.fm.
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39 Wildfires, One Space Station, and Four Houst...
First-time guest Claudia Kolker joins the City Cast team to talk about the news of the week.
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Love the Park, Hate the Parking
Hermann Park is coming back to life, and Houstonians are there for it!
14 min
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How Will a Latino Cultural Center Help Tell Hou...
Let’s just say it: Houston’s arts scene is way whiter and more Anglo than the rest of the city.
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Will Houston See a Surge of BA.2?
Houston's Dr. Peter Hotez Offers His Thoughts
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The Houston Rodeo Celebrates a Manufactured Past
It was a milestone year for RodeoHouston, but does the rodeo really reflect Houston's roots?
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Stolen Gas, a New COVID-19 Subvariant, and Free...
Today we'll dive into the most important stories of the week and the ones that weren't in the headlines enough.
22 min
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Nothin' Can Come Between a Texan and Their Blue...
Blue Bell just dropped a new flavor called Peachy Peach
18 min
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Harwin Flag Shop Owner Tells Us What Makes the ...
This bargain shopping strip has been called “Houston’s best-kept secret,” and today we’re cracking it open
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Why a Chef and an Entomologist Recommend Eating...
Would Houstonians ever eat insects, not just as a fear factor kind of dare, but because they are delicious?
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From Slime to Lip Gloss: The Making of a 17-yea...
Meet one of Houston's youngest entrepreneurs
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News Round Up: Oil Hike, the Texas Transgender ...
Overhyped stories, under-hyped stories – and a moment of joy!
18 min
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The City Cast Houston Doughnut Free-For-All
Krispy Kreme? Shipley's? Voodoo Doughnut?
19 min
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How the Disastrous Primaries Led to Harris Coun...
Harris County Elections Administrator submits resignation
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The Complex Pros and Cons of the I-45 Expansion...
TXDoT Is Listening to Representatives for Independence Heights
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Not Everybody Wants Houston to Be Bike-Friendly
Houston's Getting Friendlier to Bicyclists and Pedestrians
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Special Edition: The Tribune’s 2022 primary ele...
Hey City Cast Houston listeners, today we have something different for you.
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News Roundup: Texas Primaries, Birds, and the P...
It's Friday! And on Fridays, we talk about all the latest news!
21 min
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Cheering the Return of An Obscenely Loud Housto...
Houston’s Back Baby! (Well, For Now.)
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Huntsville’s Prison Town Queen
Prison Town: Drugs, Fried Fish Roils, and Its Queen
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Will a Houstonian Win Top Chef?
Houston's Evelyn Garcia has home field advantage
15 min
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Tension Between Housed and Unhoused Neighbors R...
Is Houston the national model for ending homelessness?
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News Roundup: The Russia Invasion, Fight for Be...
Host Lisa Gray breaks down the news with contributor Evan Mintz and freelance writer Shiyam Galyon.
16 min
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Farming Your Way Out of a Food Desert
How does a millennial go from infection preventionist to farmer?
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The Neighborhood That Keeps Flooding and the Re...
Bayou Oaks floods. So why do families keep returning?
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Fire Ants Vs. the World
Love them or hate them, fire ants are amazing...
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