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Coastal Distancing, Big Expectations and Fainting Turtles
Episode 83
Fatigue from COVID-19 and last month’s polar vortex are expected to drive millions of people to Texas beaches as spring break begins this week. Even …
5 years, 1 month ago
Texas is Losing 1,000 Restaurants Every Month
Episode 82
Call it the Texas restaurant massacre. The industry has taken a beating during our year of pandemic lockdown. In human terms, it amounts to 150,000…
5 years, 2 months ago
How the GOP Remembers… the Bill that Died Before the Power Did
Episode 81
In our last episode, a former state lawmaker told the Jasons that Texas missed a golden opportunity six years ago to start planning for extreme weath…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Bill That Died Before The Power Did
Episode 80
Texas lawmakers are meeting on Thursday in Austin – pledging to get to the bottom of the massive statewide power outages last week. But a former stat…
5 years, 2 months ago
Emergency Podcast: ERCOT's CEO Talks to Y'all-Itics
Episode 79
ERCOT called the Jasons super early on Tuesday to offer the first interview with CEO Bill Magness. He’s probably the most sought after newsmaker of t…
5 years, 2 months ago
They tripped. We froze.
Episode 78
We knew what was coming, so why were Texas electric utilities not ready for the severe winter weather? The widespread electric outages did not surpri…
5 years, 2 months ago
Rooted: The Basic Right to Natural Hair
Episode 76
It’s hard to believe hair remains an excuse for discrimination in 2021, much of it rooted in racism. Do a quick internet search and it won’t be hard…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Black Lawman 150 Years in the Making
Episode 75
It’s one of the most diverse counties in Texas. So, why then did it take 150 years for Fort Bend County to elect its second Black sheriff? And as Tex…
5 years, 3 months ago
Key cards, COVID, and Kiwis
Episode 74
Contact Tracing. The very phrase has been somewhat poisoned in the United States, where many of us tend to think of “big brother,” that the governme…
5 years, 3 months ago
29M People, 1.7M Doses. The Hunger Games Rollout in Texas
Episode 73
There are nearly 29-million Texans. But as of January 25, 2021, after a month of distribution, fewer than 1.5 Million of those Texans have received …
5 years, 3 months ago