George HW Bush Centennial (June 12, 2024) – Houston Public Media

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On Wednesday’s show: The Houston City Council considers the city’s next budget and Hunter Biden was convicted of a gun crime. We discuss these and other local, state and national political developments in our weekly digest.

Also this time: Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late president and lifelong Houstonian, George HW Bush. We relisten to Craig Cohen’s 2015 conversation with biographer Jon Meacham about Bush, based on Meacham’s book. Destiny and power. Meacham has published a new book about Bush to mark the centennial. It’s titled The call to serve and features never-before-seen photos celebrating the 41st^st President.

And we chat with Varsha Bajaj, the New York Times bestselling author of the middle grade novel. The thirst and many children’s books. She is back with her latest book, A garland of Henna, and she will be in Houston for an event at the Blue Willow bookstore on Saturday.

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