Today’s broadcast show was, unfortunately, a repeat of 2/15’s show. Below is the show recorded for today. It contains potentially important information for people needing assistance due to last week’s freeze. This episode will be in the queue to play on March 1, but you can hear it now.
This program was recorded on SUNDAY, February 21. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig(@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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. Continue reading →
NOTE: This show post replaces the blank post from 2/15/2021, which is now deleted. The blank post published because of the Texas power crisis. I’m sending out a new post so that the various outlets that get auto posts will receive them. Thanks for understanding!
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This program was recorded on SUNDAY, February 14. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig(@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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. Continue reading →
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, January 17. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig(@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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. Continue reading →
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, January 17. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig(@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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. Continue reading →
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, January 24 Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig(@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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. Continue reading →
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, January 17. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig(@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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. Continue reading →
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, January 10. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig(@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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. Continue reading →
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, January 3. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig(@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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. Continue reading →
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, December 27. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig(@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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. Continue reading →
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, December 20. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig(@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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. Continue reading →
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, December 13. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig(@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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. Continue reading →
Below are rules from HARRIS County (TX) and Fort Bend County (TX) for dropping off mail-in ballots in person . They’re NOT what I expected.
ADDENDUM for Fort Bend at bottom: Aug. 20, 2020:
__________________________________________________________ HARRIS COUNTRY: See below the rules for hand delivering your voted ballot. Hand Delivered, in-person by the Voter to the Early Voting Clerk’s office. For the November 3, 2020 general election, the hand-delivery period has been extended.
On September 28th, there was a huge victory for the Highlands and the San Jacinto River communities when the EPA announced their decision to remove the waste from the San Jacinto River Waste Pits.
The Highlands area community residents have been struggling with toxic waste in the San Jacinto River for a long time. In 2010, Texans Together joined the fight with local residents who created the San Jacinto River Coalition (SJRC). From the start, we knew it was and was going to continue to be a long hard fight and it did not disappoint.
The SJRC’s main goal was to have the waste from the Superfund Site called the San Jacinto River Waste Pits removed from the river. The site was called “a loaded gun” pointed at the “most vulnerable of sites.” The polluting companies wanted to leave the waste in the river under an “Armored Cap.” Their studies showed it would be safer and, of course, cheaper.
Through the outreach efforts of the SJRC, it went from a few individuals in a parking lot educating the community to monthly packed community meetings. The Environmental Protection Agency, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services, Media Organization, and other Environmental Groups have attended and presented at the meetings.
There were long days with volunteers speaking with seriously ill residents that were skeptical or outright hostile to their efforts. Canvassers told stories of skeptics recounting terrible illnesses that affected them and their neighbors, but denying there was a problem. It had become normal for the community to see so many cases of illnesses, rare cancers, and diseases. They thought that was “just the way it was” and were hostile to people who might stir up trouble for them.
In 2010, Jackie Young began volunteering with the SJRC. After her and her family’s serious health problems, she began to research what was happening and it brought her to a degree in Environmental Geology and Texans Together.
As a volunteer, she told her story to the community and explained exactly how abnormal things really were. In 2013, she was hired by Texans Together to lead the coalition. She brought firsthand knowledge, passion, and a dedication to get justice for her community.
Jackie used her contacts in academia to get an independent study done of the site, and brought in an environmental activist, Lois Gibbs of Love Canal fame, to bring attention to the cause. Jackie’s work was featured on Fox News, and Al Jazeera America, and in Texas Monthly, Houston Press and the Houston Chronicle. She testified in front of the Harris County Commissioner’s Court, and the Texas Legislature. She led the SJRC to work with public officials to petition for health studies, to bring a lawsuit against the companies responsible for the waste, and to remove the waste. The persistent effort of the community with Jackie’s leadership led to the SJRC moving to her new organization, Texas Health and Environmental Alliance (THEA).
For more information about this decisive victory for environmental justice follow this link: http://txhea.org/
Congratulations to the Highlands Community, Jackie Young, and dedicated volunteers in the SJRC. You made change happen!
If you are interested in volunteering or becoming a leader helping your community to become healthier, please contact Texans Together at 713-782-8833 orinfo@texanstogether.org
THINKWING RADIOMOVED TO MONDAYS @ 9-10 PM, BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
Listen live on the radioor 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.)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Monday night from 9-10PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
OPEN FORUM
SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:
THINKWING RADIOMOVED TO MONDAYS @ 9-10 PM, BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
Listen live on the radioor 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.)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Monday night from 9-10PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
OPEN FORUM
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Texas & Local Elections, DAYLIGHTSAVING TIME, THE DECLINE AND FALL OF SEARS & ROEBUCK, , Syria: Boots on the ground, Turkey: Re-electing the strongman, Russia: A plane goes down in Sinai, and more
SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:
THINKWING RADIOMOVED TO MONDAYS @ 9-10 PM, BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
Listen live on the radioor 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.)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Monday night from 9-10PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
OPEN FORUM
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Texas & Local Elections, Trump and the Federal Reserve, Immigration and Population Growth, and more
SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:
THINKWING RADIOMOVED TO MONDAYS @ 9-10 PM, BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
Listen live on the radioor 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.)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Monday night from 9-10PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
OPEN FORUM
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Texas & Local Elections, Trump and the Federal Reserve, Immigration and Population Growth, and more
SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:
Let’s be honest – we got issues, man. Equal pay, restoring education funds, access to affordable healthcare, abortion rights, and every Texan’s freedom to marry.
We’ve also included other useful links such as information on what kind of identification is accepted at the polls.
SHOW AUDIO: KPFT_2014-03-05_2200-Charles-Kuffner-and Primary-Election-Results (A backup copy of this program was discovered at the station on 3/12/2014.) Unfortunately, due to technical circumstances beyond our control, the audio for this show was not archived.
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig is usually a call-in show. Whether you’re listening live on the radioor on the internet from anywhere in the world, you can call in at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)
GUESTS: Charles Kuffner, Houston-based blogger for local and Texas state politics. His blog is www.OffTheKuff.com.
TOPIC: Primary elections for the Democrats and Republicans were held yesterday, March 4th. We’re going to talk about results, what they mean, and some of the stories behind them.
NOTE: This post is subject to update before and after the show.
On Wednesday, August 8 from 9:05-9:25am (CDT), I’ll be doing a show which I think may be a little groundbreaking.
My guest will be Baber Mohammed, a labor organizer for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1 in Houston.
Progressives, Democrats and various pro-labor groups and individuals can often be heard waxing eloquently about all the benefits which organized labor has brought to the American workforce, both union and non-union. One topic rarely discussed in media is, how do you start to unionize? Where does a person or small group of workers begin?
This will be the topic for a show which I’m entitling “Unionizing For Dummies™ (Part 1)”. Baber and I will be discussing some of the most basic “‘how-to’s” of unionizing, starting with the question, “Where do I begin??”
It is my hope that this will be the first in a series of “Unionizing For Dummies™” episodes.
You will be able to listen live in Houston on 90.1 FM, or online here.
The show will also be added to the Thinkwing Radio blog on the archive page shortly after it becomes available.
On Friday, August 3rd from 9:05-9:55am (CDT), I will be interviewing famed honest-election journalist and advocate Brad Friedman. This will be a “Thinkwing Radio” edition, and will combine “Open Journal-Community Conversation” with “Open Journal-Community Spotlight”. (“Community Conversation” will be live from 9:05-9:30am. Brad’s interview will run from 9:30-9:55am, and will be pre-recorded.) You will be able to listen in real time in Houston on 90.1 FM, or online here.
Voter rights and election integrity have been under assault in ways that we have not seen since the 1965 Voting Rights Act became law. Why that’s the case, what can be done about it, and how you can take steps to protect your vote will be among the topics of discussion during this hour.
The show will also be added to the Thinkwing Radio blog on the archive page shortly after it becomes available.
On Thursday, July 26th from 9:30-9:55am (CDT), I will have the pleasure of interviewing Lane Lewis, the recently-elected Chair of the Harris County (TX) Democratic Party. This will be the “Thinkwing Radio” edition of “Open Journal – Community Spotlight”. Among the topics I intend to discuss are the current primary runoff elections and Obama’s assertion that Texas can become a ‘toss-up’ state for the Democrats.
I hope to take some phone calls with Lane during the second half of the show.
You will be able to listen live in Houston on 90.1 FM, or online here.
The show will also be added to the Thinkwing Radio blog on the archive page shortly after it becomes available.
There are still some runoff elections as a result of undecided primary races. To vote in the runoffs, you must have voted in that party’s primary. [8/1/2012: This is apparently only partially accurate. Please see the CORRECTION at the bottom of this post. – Mike]
For early voting and ballot information in Harris County (my home area, encompassing most of Houston) you can visit this site:http://harrisvotes.org/.
Your state may vary, but the information in Texas is as follows:
The early voting period for the July 31st Runoff Election is July 23 – 27, 2012.
From VoteTexas.org: Any registered voter may vote early by personal appearance (in person). Early voting by personal appearance for the July 31, 2012, Primary Runoff Election begins on July 23, 2012, and ends on July 27, 2012. You may vote at any early voting location in your county of registration.
New News for all of us….. From http://votetexas.gov/faq/registration#1120: Q. Does a voter have to vote in the primary election in order to vote in a runoff-election or on November 6, 2012?
A. A voter does not have to vote in the May 29, 2012 primary election in order to qualify to vote in a primary run-off election on July 31, 2012, OR in the general election on November 6, 2012. If you voted in one party’s primary on May 29, 2012, then you may not vote in the other party’s runoff on July 31, 2012. Remember if you signed a petition in lieu of filing fee for a candidate for one party, you many not vote in another party’s primary or primary runoff that voting year (2012). Whether you voted or not in the primary, you may vote for whomever you choose in November. Party affiliations expire on December 31.
On September 28th, there was a huge victory for the Highlands and the San Jacinto River communities when the EPA announced their decision to remove the waste from the San Jacinto River Waste Pits.
There were long days with volunteers speaking with seriously ill residents that were skeptical or outright hostile to their efforts. Canvassers told stories of skeptics recounting terrible illnesses that affected them and their neighbors, but denying there was a problem. It had become normal for the community to see so many cases of illnesses, rare cancers, and diseases. They thought that was “just the way it was” and were hostile to people who might stir up trouble for them.
As a volunteer, she told her story to the community and explained exactly how abnormal things really were. In 2013, she was hired by Texans Together to lead the coalition. She brought firsthand knowledge, passion, and a dedication to get justice for her community.
If you are interested in volunteering or becoming a leader helping your community to become healthier, please contact 
