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@90.1FMKPFTHouston – Nov. 9+10+12, 2025. Airs Sun. at 1 pm, and re-airs Mon. at 2 pm, and Weds 11 am (CT). [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2. TOPICS:

Results of The November 4 Joint General & Special Election
Results on the 2025 Texas Constitutional Propositions;
Residential land in Friendswood rezoned for community shopping center;
Houston looks to launch an early childhood development program for low-to-moderate-income families;
Harris County commissioners formally adopt FY 2025-26 property tax rate increase;
Harris County commissioners choose not to restrict panhandling, roadside solicitors;
Dan Patrick pledges $1 million in campaign funds to install Turning Point USA at every Texas college and high school;
Elon Musk wins $1 trillion pay package tying him to Tesla for a decade;
Cruz, Cornyn push new retaliatory legislation that blocks U.S. water from going to Mexico;
Canada’s F-35 Fighter Debate Summed Up in 3 Words;
Sweden can help fund Ukraine’s Gripen deal, defence minister says;
From Kyiv to the Suwałki Gap, bogs return as Europe’s defensive shield;
US to establish military presence in Damascus under Syria-Israel peace plan;

Mon, 8/27/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Harris Cty Flood Control Bond Passes Amid Low Turnout, 1 Year After Harvey, Half-staff Flag Blip at WH, New ‘NAFTA”?, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] SUPPORT @KPFTHouston. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 2-3 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Don.

Listen live on the radio, or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

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For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

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Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. ~ First Amendment | Constitution | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute [https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/first_amendment]

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Mon, 8/20/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Apologies to my listeners @KPFTHouston

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My apologies to my listeners for skipping the 8-20-2018 show with no warning. A family emergency developed Saturday that required me to go out of town on short notice.

I will be back on the air on Monday, 8-27-2018, and am looking forward to speaking with you all.

Mike

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Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 2-3 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Don.

Listen live on the radio, or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

Please take a moment to visit Pledge.KPFT.org and choose THINKWING RADIO from the drop-down list when you donate.

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

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Mon, 8/13/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Be registered and VOTE 8-25-18 Harris Cty Flood Control Bond Election, Texas Typhus, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] SUPPORT @KPFTHouston. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show at 713-526-5738.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 2-3 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Don.

Listen live on the radio, or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

Please take a moment to visit Pledge.KPFT.org and choose THINKWING RADIO from the drop-down list when you donate.

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

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Mon, 8/6/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Be registered and VOTE 8-25-18 Harris Cty Flood Control Bond Election, Trump may have given a boost to Mueller’s case against him, White House uses foreign aid agency to give jobs to Trump loyalists, Trump’s first round of nuclear sanctions on Iran sends a message, Kirsten Gillibrand Has an Ambitious Plan to Take on Payday Lenders: The Post Office. Texas Typhus, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show at 713-526-5738.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 2-3 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Don.

Listen live on the radio, or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

Please take a moment to visit Pledge.KPFT.org and choose THINKWING RADIO from the drop-down list when you donate.

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:

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Mon, 7/30/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Be registered and VOTE 8-25-18 Harris Cty Flood Control Bond Election, Trump’s ‘Authoritarian Effect’, Trump-Russia Stuff, Texas Typhus, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show at 713-526-5738.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 2-3 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Don.

Listen live on the radio, or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

Please take a moment to visit Pledge.KPFT.org and choose THINKWING RADIO from the drop-down list when you donate.

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:

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Mon, 7/23/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Be registered and VOTE 8-25-18 Harris Cty Flood Control Bond Election, Florida ‘007 Law’ Killing, Mexican Police Dept Arrested for Murder, Trump’s ‘Authoritarian Effect’, Trump-Russia Stuff, Maryland’s Russian Voter Vender, Texas Typhus, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show at 713-526-5738.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 2-3 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Don.

Listen live on the radio, or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

Please take a moment to visit Pledge.KPFT.org and choose THINKWING RADIO from the drop-down list when you donate.

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:

“…the people of each State shall choose a number of persons as electors, … who shall assemble within the State, and vote for some fit person as President. Their votes, thus given, are to be transmitted to the seat of the national government, and the person who may happen to have a majority of the whole number of votes will be the President. But as a majority of the votes might not always happen to centre in one man, and as it might be unsafe to permit less than a majority to be conclusive, it is provided that, in such a contingency, the House of Representatives shall select out of the candidates who shall have the five highest number of votes, the man who in their opinion may be best qualified for the office.

The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State; – PUBLIUS (aka Alexander Hamilton)

~ From The Federalist Papers: This web-friendly presentation of the original text of the Federalist Papers (also known as The Federalist) was obtained from the e-text archives of Project Gutenberg. For more information, see About the Federalist Papers.

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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: Nov. 13, 2013, Draining Houston: What are we doing to Buffalo Bayou?

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SHOW AUDIO: https://thinkwingradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/kpfthd3_2013-11-13_evelyn-merz-sierra-club-re-buffalo-bayou.mp3

(The Oct. 9 edition of this show was lost. The Nov. 13 show includes updated material on the Memorial Park section of the grand scheme, plus all-new information about another project being studied in West Houston.)

Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (every Wednesday from 2-3PM CT) on KPFT-HD Channel 90.1-3. One of our mottos is that you’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts, so we try to get our facts right.

If you don’t have an HD (‘Hi-Definition’) radio, you can hear KPFT-HD 90.1-3 at KPFT.org, listen online by going to KPFT.org and clicking on “Listen Live”, and then one of the HD3 links: HD3 (32k) HD3 (64k) . Or go to ‘HOW TO LISTEN’ and get the graphic on how it works.

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Houston is basically flat. It is recorded as having an elevation of about 43 feet above sea level in the vicinity of downtown. The Houston Heights are about 25 feet higher than that. This makes for slow runoff when there are sudden inflows of water, whether from local rain, or water coming from higher up in the regional watershed. Especially since the 1930s, the channeling of water – what is often called flood control – has been a significant part of life in metro-Houston. Houston has subsided, expanded and developed, more water-permeable land has been paved over, and paved roads have effectively turned into either channels or basins for water looking for a place to go.

This has created an endless need for flood control infrastructure and for human meddling with the local bayous; nature’s original means of draining this region of Texas.

My guest is Evelyn Merz of the Houston Regional Group of the Sierra Club. She is a past chair of the group and is currently the Conservation Chair. At the state-wide level of the Sierra Club, she works on state park issues and non-game wildlife. Locally, Evelyn has worked on bayou issues for about 20 years and is currently coordinating the Houston Sierra Club response to Harris County Flood Control District’s Memorial Park Demonstration Plan for Buffalo Bayou.

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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: Oct. 9, 2013, Draining Houston: What are we doing to Buffalo Bayou?

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SHOW AUDIO: Due to technical issues, there currently does not appear to be a saved copy of this episode.

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This has created an endless need for flood control infrastructure and for human meddling with the local bayous; nature’s original means of draining this region of Texas.

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