EPISODE · Jun 6, 2025 · 15 MIN
FEMA head says he didn’t know there was a hurricane season: 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 head of FEMA saying (but possibly joking?) that he didn’t know there was a hurricane season here The National Weather Service receiving permission to hire 125 meteorologists and specialists after losing more than 560 employees earlier this year due to Trump administration cuts and retirements The Texas Workforce Commission mistakenly suggesting Chevron is firing more employees than it actually has at its facility in Midland Our panel of non-experts this week includes: David Branham, professor of political science at the University of Houston-Downtown Houston Chronicle columnist Joy Sewing Mary Flood, legal consultant with Androvett Legal Media & Marketing
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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 head of FEMA saying (but possibly joking?) that he didn’t know there was a hurricane season here The National Weather Service receiving permission to hire 125 meteorologists and specialists after losing more than 560 employees earlier this year due to Trump administration cuts and retirements The Texas Workforce Commission mistakenly suggesting Chevron is firing more employees than it actually has at its facility in Midland Our panel of non-experts this week includes: David Branham, professor of political science at the University of Houston-Downtown Houston Chronicle columnist Joy Sewing Mary Flood, legal consultant with Androvett Legal Media & Marketing
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FEMA head says he didn’t know there was a hurricane season: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
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