City Cast Houston

Food, culture, news and nature in the sweaty Bayou City. Join Host Raheel Ramzanali and the City Cast Houston team as we celebrate and interrogate this sprawling place with our favorite journalists, thinkers, leaders, neighbors and gadflies. Learn more and subscribe to our daily morning newsletter, Hey Houston, at houston.citycast.fm.

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Rice's Ion building: Collaboration or Gentrification?

The Ion building, Rice University's new high-tech hub for all things shiny and entrepreneurial, anchors a 16-acre innovation district-to-be. Does Houston need that? Is the building any good? And why are people so mad about it? Two City Cast contributors weigh in: Marcus Carter, tech recruiter and man-about-town; and Allyn West, architecture reviewer, and curmudgeon. For more on the ION visit their site here. We're live on Twitter! Follow us @CityCastHouston to keep up with Houston news, nature, ...

Nov 16, 2021•18 min

Join the Houston conversation

City Cast Houston is your daily guide to Houston’s news, culture, food, and more. Our host Raheel Ramzanali and the City Cast Houston team let you in on what Houston’s talking about with smart, curious conversations that get just a little bit spicy. We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we are passionate about making our community a better place to live – and helping YOU feel more connected. Subscribe today so you never miss an episode. Looking for more Houston news? Then sign up for our mo...

Nov 08, 2021•2 min

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