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EPISODE · May 2, 2025 · 15 MIN

An AI-powered mood ring for dating: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week

from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Houston Matters · host Michael Hagerty

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: The USDA halting a new rule requiring poultry companies to keep levels of salmonella bacteria under a certain threshold A company using what’s essentially an AI-powered mood ring to build emotional connections and trust in relationshipsOur panel of non-experts this week includes: Marco Roberts, chairman of the Texas Conservative Liberty Forum Mary Flood, legal consultant with Androvett Legal Media & Marketing Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: The USDA halting a new rule requiring poultry companies to keep levels of salmonella bacteria under a certain threshold A company using what’s essentially an AI-powered mood ring to build emotional connections and trust in relationshipsOur panel of non-experts this week includes: Marco Roberts, chairman of the Texas Conservative Liberty Forum Mary Flood, legal consultant with Androvett Legal Media & Marketing Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine

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