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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.
Is There a Bayou Serial Killer? Plus, Emergency THC Law and Voter Suppression on College Campuses
City Cast Houston
31 minutes
1 month ago
Is There a Bayou Serial Killer? Plus, Emergency THC Law and Voter Suppression on College Campuses
It’s our final day of Education Week and we’re mixing it up by bringing on student journalists for our Friday news roundup! Host Raheel Ramzanali is joined by Sarah Knowlton, editor in chief at The Rice Thresher, and David Hill, reporter at KTSU from Texas Southern University, to talk about safety on campus and Mayor Whitmire’s press conference in light of the Houston serial killer social media rumors, what free speech issues local university students are facing right now, and more!
Stories we talked about today:
No serial killer in Houston, Mayor Whitmire says, after five bodies pulled from bayous
Rice announces Chao College as 12th residential college
Rice drops to bottom of free speech ranking
Rice’s Student Survey
Andrew White officially launches Democratic bid to take on Greg Abbott
Students struggle with mail-in ballots during 2024 election
Texas Southern University's beloved campus radio station could go silent
Many Texas retailers can no longer sell THC to customers under 21
Soccer wins twice, ranked 25th in the nation
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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.
