Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks!
On today’s Hello Houston, we begin the show by talking with Nathan Brownell, Vice President of Resilience and Capital Delivery at CenterPoint Energy, who tells us about the company’s readiness plan for the winter storm expected in Texas this weekend.
Then, we hear from Kathryn Guerra, the current TCEQ Campaign Director with Public Citizen, who explains why the agency isn’t prepared to enforce regulations on AI Data centers, and University of Houston archivist Mary Manning tells us about the Tommy Tune collection that will be archived at the university.
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In the second hour of the show, we’re joined by University of Houston energy fellow Ed Hirs, who shares his thoughts on the Texas power grid and whether it will be able to hold up for the upcoming winter storm.
Also, we discuss the ReelAbilities Houston Film & Arts Festival and its impact, with Paige Shoemake, Director of Rehabilitation at TIRR Memorial Hermann and Jeff Feinstein, founder of Walk & Roll for SCI and a leader behind the festival’s ReelCommunity events, who also shares the story of his resiliency.
Plus, Ernie, Frank, and Celeste discuss the things that are currently taking over all their free time as part of our regular Thursday feature, Current Obsessions, and weigh in on the nominations for the upcoming Oscars.