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EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 13 MIN

FIFA World Cup ticket sales under investigation: 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: FIFA coming under investigation for how and when it sells tickets to World Cup matches -- and for how much Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta buying Caesars Entertainment A stationary replica of KITT from Knight Rider grounded in Illinois but somehow getting traffic tickets in New YorkOur panel of non-experts this week includes: Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine David Branham, professor of political science at the University of Houston-Downtown Jack Young, University of Houston theatre professorWatch

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: FIFA coming under investigation for how and when it sells tickets to World Cup matches -- and for how much Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta buying Caesars Entertainment A stationary replica of KITT from Knight Rider grounded in Illinois but somehow getting traffic tickets in New YorkOur panel of non-experts this week includes: Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine David Branham, professor of political science at the University of Houston-Downtown Jack Young, University of Houston theatre professorWatch

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