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EPISODE · Jan 30, 2026 · 9 MIN

Bruce Springsteen’s ICE protest song: 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: Some voters in the 18th Congressional District, who have waited nearly a year to elect a new member of Congress, having to wait just a little longer Wednesday and Thursday The Texas State Board of Education delaying a vote on a controversial and very long reading list for students Bruce Springsteen releasing a protest song about ICE and the border patrolOur panel of non-experts this week includes: Raúl Ramos, associate professor of history at the University of Houston Mustafa Tameez, media and public affairs consultant and the CEO of Outreach Strategists Frank Billingsley, co-host of Hello HoustonWatch

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: Some voters in the 18th Congressional District, who have waited nearly a year to elect a new member of Congress, having to wait just a little longer Wednesday and Thursday The Texas State Board of Education delaying a vote on a controversial and very long reading list for students Bruce Springsteen releasing a protest song about ICE and the border patrolOur panel of non-experts this week includes: Raúl Ramos, associate professor of history at the University of Houston Mustafa Tameez, media and public affairs consultant and the CEO of Outreach Strategists Frank Billingsley, co-host of Hello HoustonWatch

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