{"id":16474,"date":"2025-06-26T14:18:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/16474\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T14:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:18:15","slug":"doctor-shortage-in-texas-june-26-2025-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/16474\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor shortage in Texas (June 26, 2025) \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-381306 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HM-CC_Banner-FB-Share-1000x525.png\" alt=\"The Houston Matters logo on a white background\" width=\"1000\" height=\"525\"  \/> Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/app1.kuhf.org\/player\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">listen online<\/a>. Join the discussion. Call or text 713-440-8870. Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/shows\/houston-matters\/2025\/06\/26\/524518\/doctor-shortage-in-texas-june-26-2025\/mailto:talk@houstonmatters.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">talk@houstonmatters.org<\/a> or tag us <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoustonMatters\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@HoustonMatters<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday\u2019s show: Three Harris County Jail <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/criminal-justice\/2025\/06\/24\/524737\/three-harris-county-jail-inmates-die-within-48-hour-span-marking-10-in-custody-deaths-in-2025\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">inmates died<\/a> during a recent 48-hour span, marking a total of ten in-custody deaths reported in Harris County so far this year. We learn about their cases.<\/p>\n<p>Also this hour: We examine whether any progress has been made in addressing the doctor shortage across the nation and in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Then, visual artist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewthomashuang.com\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Andrew Thomas Huang<\/a> talks about his craft, which includes sculpture and directing both short films and music videos. He\u2019s coming to Houston this weekend for a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKcdmyWRrkF\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pair of events<\/a> as a part of the series HTX Made from director and Houston native <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ulil-lilu.com\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Li Lu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And he&#8217;s drawn everything from superheroes to demons, and now his work is headed to Hollywood. Houston comic artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/angelcomics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rod Thornton<\/a> talks about breaking barriers, building worlds, and why representation on the page still matters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audio from today\u2019s show will be available after 11 a.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/podcasts\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/houston-matters-podcast\/id642557771?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on iTunes<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/app.stitcher.com\/browse\/feed\/37496\/details\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stitcher<\/a> and other apps.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM or listen online. Join the discussion. 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