Nicolas Chavez's guest appearances

Nicolas Chavez

Houston Matters

Big Angry Law Radio

Art Acevedo

Sylvester Turner

Dan Crenshaw

Lina Hidalgo

Donnell Rawlings

Chris Redd

Trevor Noah

Jericho Brown

George H.W. Bush

Mike Bloomberg

Ari Shaffir

Salman Rushdie

Hari Kondabolu

Tulsi Gabbard

Peter Hotez

OwlTail

On Wednesday's show: Four HPD officers dismissed in 2020 after shooting and killing Nicolas Chavez, a man suffering an apparent mental health crisis, are being reinstated, and some community members aren’t happy about it.Also this hour: The Fed is expected to raise interest rates this week, which, as NPR’s Domenico Montenaro reported Monday, raises some political challenges for the Biden administration. We discuss that, the politics surrounding a currently-blocked directive from the governor to the state’s child welfare agency to investigate families seeking gender-affirming care, and other developments in this week’s political roundup.Then, an area expert answers your questions about filing your income taxes.And we chat with Houston’s own French ice cream maker, Lucienne Bellefontaine.

On Wednesday's show: Four HPD officers dismissed in 2020 after shooting and killing Nicolas Chavez, a man suffering an apparent mental health crisis, <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2022/03/14/421064/the-4-houston-police-officers-who-shot-and-killed-nicolas-chavez-will-be-reinstated-hpd-says/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">are being reinstated</a>, and some community members aren’t happy about it.Also this hour: The Fed is expected to raise interest rates this week, which, as NPR’s Domenico Montenaro reported Monday, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/14/1086298563/feds-coming-interest-rate-hikes-may-present-another-economic-challenge-for-democ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">raises some political challenges</a> for the Biden administration. We discuss that, the politics surrounding a <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/11/transgender-texas-court-hearing/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">currently-blocked directive</a> from the governor to the state’s child welfare agency to investigate families seeking gender-affirming care, and other developments in this week’s political roundup.Then, an area expert answers your questions about filing your income taxes.And we chat with Houston’s own French ice cream maker, <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/mockingbird-armadillo/2019/07/26/340862/watch-ice-cream-dreams-mockingbird-and-armadillo/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lucienne Bellefontaine</a>.

Officers in Nicolas Chavez shooting reinstated, the week in politics, and tax prep advice (March 16, 2022)

Charles discusses the release of body cam footage and termination of 4 HPD officers arising from the shooting of a suicidal Hispanic man. He also discussed the exploitation of the potentiality of violent protest by the local mainstream and conservative media. Trump. Kim Jong Un. Mueller team destroys evidence. A man bullies a disabled man on a trail. Piers Morgan seeks attention by saying ugly things.

The Nicolas Chavez Shooting