Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks!
On today’s Hello Houston, we hear the latest episode of University of Houston political science professor and Party Politics co-host Brandon Rottinghaus‘s Texperts series, in which he explores the systems that discipline Texas judges with Justice Ken Wise, who’s on the 14th Court of Appeals.
Next, we learn about The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston‘s upcoming production of The Gondoliers, with Joe Carl White, president of the opera company’s board of directors, and Houston native stage director Alyssa Weathersby, who both tell us about it.
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In the second hour, Christina Tringides, an assistant professor of materials science and nanoengineering at Rice University, talks to us about receiving the prestigious Pew Biomedical Scholar award and her four-year project exploring one of the most common and aggressive forms of brain cancer.
Plus, Corey Wilson, president and CEO of the Emancipation Park Conservancy, tells us about the non-profit’s mission to enhance the historically significant Houston park and its newest addition.
And, as always, Ernie Manouse and guest host Roseann Rogers discuss today’s top stories at the top of each hour, including Rodney Ellis saying Harris County should fund its own investigation into the fatal ICE shooting, Texas Democratic lawmakers calling for the Texas Rangers to investigate the fatal ICE shooting, and more.