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Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM. You can also listen online<\/a> or watch live on YouTube<\/a>. Join the discussion. Call or text 713-440-8870. Email talk@houstonmatters.org<\/a> or tag us @HoustonMatters<\/a>.<\/p>\n On Tuesday\u2019s show: As Houstonians prepare for the holidays, new data shows they\u2019re planning to cut spending by 11 percent compared to last year<\/a>, with the average person expecting to spend around $1,600. Yet, despite this local pessimism, online sales during the five-day Cyber Week period hit $44.2 billion nationally<\/a>, up nearly 8 percent from last year. We make sense of those seemingly contradictory trends.<\/p>\n Sign up for the Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n Also this hour: We get an update on the longstanding nationwide nursing shortage and find out how area universities are responding to a shortage of nursing educators as well.<\/p>\n Then, we reflect on why former Astros star Ken Caminiti<\/a> admitted he’d used steroids long before anyone else did and the demons that led to his untimely death, which are the subject of a book by journalist Dan Good, called Playing Through the Pain<\/a>.<\/p>\n And Houston native director Alex Stapleton<\/a> talks with us about her new Netflix docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning<\/a>. <\/p>\n Audio from today\u2019s show will be available after 11 a.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here<\/a>, on iTunes<\/a>, Stitcher<\/a> and other apps.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t