Everything’s bigger in Texas — but is that better? (Sept. 11, 2025)

On Thursday's show: We get updates on several stories from reporter Dominic Anthony Walsh, including striking hotel workers at the Hilton Americas-Houston, the results of the latest homeless count, and the ongoing saga over City of Houston employees who took an early retirement to save the city money still waiting to receive their buyout payments. 

Also this hour: Everything is bigger in Texas, but is that always a good thing -- especially when it comes to governing and serving a state that is huge in terms of both area and population?

Then, we hear from author and archivist J.D. Doyle, the creator of Queer Music Heritage, an historic collection of Houston LGBTQ+ music.

And producer Brenda Valdivia speaks with some Houstonians putting up a ghost bike roadside memorial and learns about the cyclist they’re remembering and the sometimes-deadly interactions between cyclists and drivers on Houston roads.