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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.
Halloween Decoration Sparks Free Speech Debate, METRORail Controversy, and Dog Park Gentrification
City Cast Houston
25 minutes
1 month ago
Halloween Decoration Sparks Free Speech Debate, METRORail Controversy, and Dog Park Gentrification
METRORail is experiencing so many delays with their red line, and a group seeking to recall Mayor Whitmire is getting ready to start collecting signatures. City Cast Houston host Raheel Ramzanali and ABC13 reporter Pooja Lodhia are breaking down these stories, plus the battle over an influential megachurch, how a local man’s Halloween decoration is sparking an intense free speech debate, and the end of a golden era in Houston. Oh, and you have to hear today’s Only in H-Town segment about why some community members are worried about gentrification in the East End.
Stories we talked about on today’s show:
METRORail riders are asking why trains are experiencing delays
METRORail operator on Reddit
Group working to recall Houston mayor says it will start collecting signatures next week
Can These Houstonians Really Kick Mayor Whitmire out of Office?
Houston’s Second Baptist is a church at legal war with its members. Who will win — and at what cost?
Halloween decoration in Houston's Second Ward sparks controversy
Astros eliminated from playoff chase, ending 8-year postseason streak
Members-only dog park coming to Houston this fall
Learn more about the sponsors of this September 30th episode:
4th Wall Theatre Company
Midtown Houston
Bayou City Art Festival
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CAF Wings Over Houston - Use code CCWOH25
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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.
