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On Tuesday’s show: The annual CERAWeek energy conference is taking place in Houston this week. We learn about protests planned during the event and about some of the conference’s high-profile speakers. And we dig into the state of the energy industry amid ever-rising oil prices.
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Also this hour: Anti-Islamic rhetoric is on the rise. We discuss how Houston-area Muslims are responding and what they’re thinking about their future in Texas.
Then, we discuss the contributions of women to space exploration and how to better highlight their stories ahead of an event Thursday on that subject. We talk with Margot Lee Shetterly, author of the book Hidden Figures, and Melanie A. Adams, interim director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
And the third-annual Houston Bookstore Crawl takes place during the month of April, with 31 independent bookstores across the area taking part. We revisit a conversation with three bookstore operators about why the business of books continues to thrive and what readers can expect to find in Greater Houston’s diverse bookstore scene.
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