Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks!
On today’s Hello Houston, Adrian Torres, a recent James Beard Award winner and Executive Chef of the Houston area restaurant Maximo, joins us to tell us about receiving this prestigious award, his culinary journey, and his immigration story.
Next, Ricky Sanchez, the co-chair of the Houston Democratic Socialists of America, joins us to discuss the organization’s mission, the democratic socialist movement, and his thoughts on the criticism that the movement could potentially splinter the Democratic Party.
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In the second hour of the show, we’re rejoined by Maureen McNamara, the co-founder of Arthouse Houston, who gives us an update on the effort to save the historic Garden Oaks Theater and tells us about a special event featuring acclaimed Houston-born filmmaker Wes Anderson.
Plus, our hosts and listeners share the latest things that are taking over all their free time as part of our regular Thursday feature, Current Obsessions. You can send us your Current Obsessions anytime by emailing us at talk@hellohouston.org.
And, as always, Ernie Manouse and guest host Deborah Hope talk about today’s top stories at the top of each hour, including Mayor Whitmire saying HPD is investigating the fatal ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the FBI searching for evidence of drugs in the van involved in the Houston ICE shooting, the return of rainbows to Montrose streets in the form of banners, and more.