<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-530383 size-medium" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/09105018/HMCC-Featured-Image-Dark-Blue-2025-1000x563.jpg" alt="A mint green skyline against a dark blue background with the words Houston Matters with Craig Cohen in white" width="1000" height="563" /></p><p>On Monday's show: We talk with writer <a target="_blank" href="https://www.salmanrushdie.com/" rel="noopener">Salman Rushdie</a> about his latest book, <em>The Eleventh Hour</em>. He speaks at an <a target="_blank" href="https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-salman-rushdie-reading-2/" rel="noopener">event tonight</a> with Inprint Houston.</p><p>Also this hour: We begin a weeklong series looking ahead at issues facing Houston in 2026, beginning with immigration.</p><p>Then, <span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Meg Tapp from the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gchouston.org/" rel="noopener">Garden Club of Houston</a> answers questions about how to maintain the plants in your home or garden.</span></p><p>And we preview the Texans’ Monday night AFC Wild Card playoff game against the Steelers.</p>

Houston Matters

Michael Hagerty

Writer Salman Rushdie (Jan. 12, 2026)

JAN 12, 202650 MIN
Houston Matters

Writer Salman Rushdie (Jan. 12, 2026)

JAN 12, 202650 MIN

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<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-530383 size-medium" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/09105018/HMCC-Featured-Image-Dark-Blue-2025-1000x563.jpg" alt="A mint green skyline against a dark blue background with the words Houston Matters with Craig Cohen in white" width="1000" height="563" /></p><p>On Monday's show: We talk with writer <a target="_blank" href="https://www.salmanrushdie.com/" rel="noopener">Salman Rushdie</a> about his latest book, <em>The Eleventh Hour</em>. He speaks at an <a target="_blank" href="https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-salman-rushdie-reading-2/" rel="noopener">event tonight</a> with Inprint Houston.</p><p>Also this hour: We begin a weeklong series looking ahead at issues facing Houston in 2026, beginning with immigration.</p><p>Then, <span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Meg Tapp from the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gchouston.org/" rel="noopener">Garden Club of Houston</a> answers questions about how to maintain the plants in your home or garden.</span></p><p>And we preview the Texans’ Monday night AFC Wild Card playoff game against the Steelers.</p>