December 23, 2024

Part One: Last year Houston was devastated by Harvey, and tropical storm Gordon is gearing up to soak the city again. Henry Grabar writes for Slate’s Moneybag, and joins us to talk about his piece, “And The Waters Will Prevail; what if Houston’s survival depends not just on withstanding a flood, but giving in to it?”

Part Two: Ben Miller is the senior director for post secondary education at the Center for American Progress. He joins us to talk about his recent opinion piece in the NY Times, “The Student Debt Problem is Worse Than we Imagined.”