Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks!
On today’s Hello Houston, Harris County Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis joins us in the show’s first hour to discuss a new policy that gives county employees a path to organize and advocate for better pay and working conditions.
Then, Main Street Theater‘s Founding Artistic Director Rebecca Greene Udden joins us to talk about their production of playwright Tom Stoppard’s final play Leopoldstadt, and the theater’s 50th season.
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In the show’s second hour, we discuss the impending ban on all smokable hemp products under new rules from the Texas Department of State Health Services, with Stephen Simpson, the mental health reporter for the Texas Tribune, who tells us everything about what these new regulations entail.
Plus, we also chat with Houston-native actress DeQuina Moore, who tells us all about the national tour of the hit Broadway musical Some Like It Hot, currently playing at the Hobby Center through Sunday.
And, as always, Ernie and Celeste discuss today’s top stories at the top of each hour, including the University of Houston’s defeat by Illinois in a Sweet Sixteen matchup, which they discuss with Houston Public Media’s Senior Director of Digital Operations, Mark Norris, an arrest made in connection with the more than three decades-long ‘Lovers Lane’ murders, and the dozens of ‘No Kings’ protests set to take place in Houston this weekend.