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EPISODE · Jun 20, 2025 · 20 MIN

An escaped mongoose walks into a bar: 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: Fort Bend County Judge KP George announcing he’s running for a third term — but this time as a Republican Texas coming in dead last for health care access and affordability in a recent assessment A mongoose that escaped from a wildlife park being safety captured after he turned up at a local pubOur panel of non-experts this week includes: Natalie Arceneaux, president of Arceneaux International Consulting Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff Raúl Ramos, associate professor of history at the University of Houston

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: Fort Bend County Judge KP George announcing he’s running for a third term — but this time as a Republican Texas coming in dead last for health care access and affordability in a recent assessment A mongoose that escaped from a wildlife park being safety captured after he turned up at a local pubOur panel of non-experts this week includes: Natalie Arceneaux, president of Arceneaux International Consulting Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff Raúl Ramos, associate professor of history at the University of Houston

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