Jan Huff is a mother and wife and independent entrepreneur and spirit who came upon an impending health crisis a few years ago. She challenged herself to turn things around -and did so, The result of her self-discovery became her 24 hour dietary challenge that is one of the core elements of her creation- SYOLife, which means Save Your Own Life. Jan…

The Houston Women’s March will bring together women and allies for a peaceful protest on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Participants will gather at Discovery Green and then march to Houston City Hall beginning at 9 a.m. The event will also include voter registration stations, speakers, and musical performances. The march will serve as a peaceful protes…

This month marks one year since the horrific police murder of Houston’s George Floyd in Minneapolis, a galvanizing moment for the Black Lives Matter movement and the cause of racial justice in the United States and across the world. Open Journal has presented a series of discussions on race and racism over the course of time, especially this past y…

The Texas Tribune is the only member-supported, digital-first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Erin Douglas is the environment reporter for the Texas Tribune. She was previously a business and economy reporter at the Houston Chronicle where …

Tierney Malone is a visual artist and storyteller who uses African-American history and pop culture to create mixed media works that challenge contemporary culture and politics. Additionally, Malone is the creator of the Jazz Church of Houston and is host of the Houston Jazz Spotlight on 90.1 KPFT every Wednesday afternoon from 4-6pm. Tierney has e…

A conversation about the legendary Montrose restaurant store: AL Quick Stop

A conversation with Tracie Jae: The Quiet Rebel

Soccer, or futbol for most of the world, has a history that goes back 150 years to England. Soccer has long struggled to gain the mainstream American status of Baseball, Football and Basketball, even Hockey. Still, Houston as the fourth largest city now has 2 professional soccer teams, Houston Dynamo(M) & Houston Dash(F), several collegiate teams a…

Julia Lewis has been organizing within the climate movement for 2 years. She is a junior at St. Catherine's Montessori High School, and also works on the Actions Team at Sunrise Houston. Vidya Muthupillai(moo-two-pee-lie) has been involved in the climate movement for the past 4 years. She is currently a senior at Glenda Dawson High School and a you…

Located on the western edge of Memorial Park, the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center offers an escape from the hustle and bustle of city life and the opportunity to experience the natural world. This 155-acre urban nature sanctuary plays a vital role in protecting native plants and animals in the heart of the city where development threatens their…

The COVID-19 Wall of Memories is the brainchild of Mohammed Nasrullah. Observing the steady rise in the numbers of sick and dead from the disease, he began thinking of a way to memorialize them, to keep them from being merely statistics. When the United States reached 100,000 deaths, he felt called to action, to create something to remember and hon…

Based in Galveston, Artist Boat was founded in 2003 as a nonprofit to promote awareness and preservation of the coastal margins and the marine environment through land conservation and fun, educational, inspiring adventures. Founder and Executive Director, Karla Klay has over 25 years experience in arts and environmental education.…

We’ve long heard the nursery rhyme: March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers. April is a good time to start harvesting water so plants can drink during dry days. Nell Wheeler & Dean Cook design systems that can collect and store as much as 3,000 gallons of rainwater in metal tanks. Veterans of the KPFT’s former beloved program, Eco-olo…

Houston Media Source provides education, equipment, and a content-neutral platform for people who want to produce their own television or radio programs. By giving Houstonians access to the mass media, HMS empowers them to address issues and tell stories that are not covered by traditional media outlets, highlighting the rich cultural tapestry of o…

For nearly a week in mid-February, most of the state suffered through subfreezing temperatures. Millions lost power and heat. When pipes burst and water systems shut down. Just this week, the New York Times reported that 111 people had died in the freeze, almost doubling the number of deaths officials had reported earlier. A month and a half since …

Kim Perry is the Food Access Director with Urban Harvest. Prior to that she was County Extension Agent for Prairie View University within Texas A&M’s AgriLife Extension system. Kim hails from Denver, Colorado, where she studied Social Work with an emphasis on Child Welfare and the Law. She received her Master's degree in Agriculture Science from Te…

Stephen L. Williams joined the City of Houston as the director of the Houston Health Department in June of 2004. He serves on several boards of community, professional and civil rights organizations and is a past president of the Texas Association of Local Health Officials. Under his leadership, the HHD launched community outreach programs such as …

-As many of us are trying to understand the difference between allergies and flu symptoms or determine if we are an asymptomatic superspreader for COVID-19, it seemed now would be a good opportunity to get some facts. So, we on OJ thought it might be timely to have a little sit-down with subject matter experts that have a background in public healt…

Micki Fine

Lelia Rodgers, owner of Rudyards joins KPFTOJ

Rich Levy and Krupa Parikh from Inprint Houston join OJ

Comedian and host of Whiskey Brothers joins us on Open Journal

David Leslie of the Rothko Chapel joins KPFTOJ

Listen in for a conversation with voting registration activist Tamara Sell

Cherry Steinwender, Founder/Co-director, Center for the Healing of Racism & Joel Goza, author/activist Can our current racial and ethnic divide be turned around? Recent events surrounding the police murder of George Floyd and others have brought tens of thousands into the streets. The BLM movement has galvanized the moment. Images of protestors con…

Loreta Kovacic is known for her virtuoso performances from Mucky Duck to Carnegie Hall. She calls herself a “three for one special”: pianist, singer-songwriter and a storyteller. She started out as a classical pianist in her native country of Croatia. After immigrating to Texas and graduating with a Doctorate in Music from Rice University, she work…

In a different time, Ginny Stogner McDavid would be jetting off to here and beyond as a crew member on a United Airlines flight. In addition to her duties as flight attendant whose career goes back to 1990 and Continental Airlines, Ginny is the first woman to serve as president of the Harris County Labor Assembly. She’s with us this evening to disc…

The United States Postal Service(USPS) has existed since 1775 and the first Postmaster General was Benjamin Franklin. The USPS aka the Post Office, delivers over 48% of all the mail in the world; it has a fleet of over 228,000 vehicles; processes and delivers 182 million pieces of first class mail daily (~20M/hour); for $.55 you can send a letter t…

Karen Warren has a job that many people envy. As the lead Houston Astros photographer for the Houston Chronicle, she spends countless summer nights near the dugout in Minute Maid Park photographing baseball games. Since landing at the Chronicle in 1997, she’s photographed more than 1,500 Astros games. She has also worked at 14 Super Bowls, and cove…

Among the methods used to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus (pandemic) - beyond hand-washing, social distancing, masking up and getting tested is the process known as contact tracing. If someone tests positive for COVID-19, a contact tracer from the Houston Health department will contact you by phone, email or text message. Making a choice…

It seems fitting that we are concluding our portion of KPFT’s Summer Sizzle Fund Drive with one of our very own, financial planner Leo Gold, who for years was host of “The New Capital Show” on KPFT. Leo is a financial advisor with his own firm, New Capital Management.

Lynn Ashby is a Houston institution. A longtime journalist - or should we say newspaperman - who spent most of his career at the Houston post, Ashby continues to churn out weekly columns that appear in the Brazosport Facts, the Heights-based The Leader, Spring Branch’s The Courier and other neighborhood papers. We pleased to have him with us today …

We’re more than halfway through a summer most of us will never forget. The Covid-19 pandemic dash a lot of hopes for summer activities. We’ve been stuck at home for months. Spring break came and went but our children never returned to school. Homes turned into offices and all of a sudden, families were together 24/7. With all this family time, coup…

The Internet, social media, and telecommunication are so important to our everyday lives, that it’s hard for some of us to imagine life without them. Yet, we are all too often unaware of the forces that seek to change the way these services work, and how these changes will not only change our lives, but could also change us. Change has already come…

Crime Stoppers of Houston is Houston’s top non-profit dedicated to public safety and since 1980 has remained committed to its mission to solve and prevent serious crime in the Greater Houston Area in partnership with citizens, media and the criminal justice system. Crime Stoppers of Houston began in 1980, an some04 years later, it is often recogniz…

Cherry Steinwender, Founder/Co-director, Center for the Healing of Racism & Joel Goza, author/activist Can our current racial and ethnic divide be turned around? Recent events surrounding the police murder of George Floyd and others have brought tens of thousands into the streets. The BLM movement has galvanized the moment. Images of protestors con…