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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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Are We Finally Going To See Relief With Water Billing Issues?
For more than a year we’ve been hearing about residents being sent incorrect water bills and being stuck paying them. Now, there’s finally some reform in the works, but was it because of KPRC’s investigative reporter Amy Davis’ viral clip with Mayor Turner? Host Raheel Ramzanali is joined by Amy Davis and Houston Landing’s Matt Sledge to talk about why these incorrect water bills are creating a shift in power in our local government.
The shift in power because of water billing issues
Mayor Turner gets mad at Amy Davis
Get tips and learn more about Amy’s series DRAINED
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Smuggling Drugs Into Jail, HISD Budget Concerns, and Top Artists
Social media is flooded with the most streamed musicians of the year, but who did we love as a city? Plus, an anchor in midtown is closing and that could mean good things for the rest of downtown. Houston Landing’s education reporter Asher Lehrer-Small and Pulitzer Prize finalist Evan Mintz join host Raheel Ramzanali to recap those stories and more.
Featured stories:
Houston’s most streamed artists
HISD’s enrollment numbers could mean budget issues
Greyhound station in Midtown is closing
Early voting numbers are slow
Detention officer arrested
Rice statue gets moved
Bush Airport named best for layovers
Keith Lee is in Houston
Chron endorsement for at-large 2 and more on that story.
Chron story on Roy Morales, who is running for at-large 4, which notes he had been fired from his job.
2013 endorsement, which notes Morales' weird conspiracy theories.
Chron's endorsement list.
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Where to See the Best Holiday Light Shows in Houston
From extravagant displays to decade old neighborhood traditions, Houston has some of the best holiday lights in the state. Host Raheel Ramzanali is bringing on Justin Lacey from the Houston Botanic Garden to get you ready to check out the best holiday lights around Houston.
Links:
Radiant Nature at the Houston Botanic Garden
Locations of all the places we talked about
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A Hater’s Guide To The Best Pizza
What’s your favorite style of pizza, New York, deep dish, pan style, Italian? How do you like your pizza, stone oven, baked, round or square? Do you know what Detroit style is? Well Houston has got you covered, there is a pizza style for any taste palate. Even for you pizza haters out there like our very own producer Carlignon Jones, we bet that after listening to lead producer Dina Kesbeh, producer AK Al-Moumen, and newsletter editor Brooke Lewis tell you about the best pizza in town and where you can find a pizzeria that’ll make you a za believer.
Brooke's picks
Coltivare
bellagreen
Home Slice
AK's picks:
Pizaro's Pizza Napoletana
Vinny's
Love Buzz Pizza Pub
Dina's picks:
Frank’s Pizza
Empire Pizza
Star Pizza
Homework:
Pink’s Pizza at 2726 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
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Stray Dogs Wreak Havoc, Early Voting Starts, and Holiday Budgets
Early voting has started for the runoff elections on December 9th and we have some early poll numbers regarding who the next mayor will be in Houston. Plus, there was a major oil spill in the region, but nobody talked about it. And you won’t believe how much damage a pack of stray dogs caused in Cypress! Host Raheel Ramzanali and executive producer Dina Kesbeh recap these stories and more on today’s episode of City Cast Houston.
Featured stories:
Early voting poll numbers
Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
The deadly stretch of Westheimer
Holiday budget booming
Keith Lee drops his first few reviews of Houston restaurants
Car dealership suffers $350k in damages
California woman goes missing in Houston
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Why Are So Many Blackbirds Around HEB
If you’ve been to a big grocery store in the last month or so then you’ve noticed the thousands of black birds all around you. So, what are these black birds and why are they taking over?! Rice professor Cin-Ty Lee joins host Raheel Ramzanali to answer all of our questions about those loud black birds we see everywhere across Houston.
Learn more about Professor Lee
Learn more about grackles
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Customer Reviews
Podjunkie
Waking up to City Cast Houston has become a lifeline. Learning so many new things about this crazy city with every episode. Love all the highlights to the community and cool spots to hit up in Htown that I get when listening to those hosts chat together. Keep ‘‘em comin!
Best podcast
Best podcast. Thank you, don’t stop please! Keep it going ❤️
Use to love it!
I use to listen to City Cast Houston daily, but I don’t enjoy a majority of the content as much now. A lot of the episodes are re runs of previous material. The quality of the discussions and information were way more in depth when Lisa Gray was the host. The current hosts DO NOT even live in Houston. I feel like this takes away from their understanding of the problems Houstonians face. For example, the HISD episode was so basic. It doesn’t seem like Raheel has a good grasp of the specifics HISD is facing. This theme appears throughout many newer episodes. Please rename this City Cast Houston Metro or have hosts who actually live in Houston. Hoping the podcast will be more interesting and educational in the future!