A mint green skyline against a dark blue background with the words Houston Matters with Craig Cohen in white

Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM. You can also listen online or watch live on YouTube. Join the discussion. Call or text 713-440-8870. Email talk@houstonmatters.org or tag us @HoustonMatters.

On Friday’s show: We take a closer look at some recent changes in leadership in Fort Bend County and ponder how some candidates assuming new roles might affect looming elections.

Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.

Also this hour: We examine why a recently planned spirituality conference never happened.

Then, our panel of non-experts will break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week.

And writer Yann Martel is coming to town Monday for an event with Inprint Houston where he’ll discuss his latest novel, Son of Nobody. The bestselling author of Life of Pi talks with us first and explains why he often loves to give starring roles in his stories to animals.

Audio from today’s show will be available after 11 a.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, Stitcher and other apps.