{"id":444384,"date":"2026-09-22T20:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444384\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:26:24","slug":"hello-houston-september-22-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444384\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston (September 22, 2026) \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-517231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790108784_376_HH_Podcast-Cover-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Hello Houston: where Houston talks!\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/>Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks!<\/p>\n<p>On today&#8217;s Hello Houston, we begin the show by talking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/1240687242\/katherine-maher\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katherine Maher<\/a>, the President and CEO of NPR, who discusses how public media is changing, how NPR is navigating the loss of federal funding, and what the future of public media looks like.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we&#8217;re joined by the newly crowned Miss America, Houstonian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reganhutsell\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Regan Hutsell<\/a>, who tells us about her journey to the crown, what this win means to her, and her community service initiative Your Body Is Your Home, which focuses on body image and physical and mental well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/hellohouston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>And, we hear the latest episode of our Tuesday feature, Five Simple Questions, in which Hello Houston Executive Producer Jim Kovacik talks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm16557152\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ainsley &#8220;Lady L&#8221; Landry<\/a>, Houston&#8217;s popular Screen Queen, cultural decoder and storyteller.<\/p>\n<p>In the second hour of the show, we talk with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.uh.edu\/faculty\/main.asp?PID=6428\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Salib<\/a>, an assistant professor at the University of Houston Law Center, who breaks down all the latest news concerning AI as concerns over the potential risks of this technology continue to grow.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Oli Mohammed, Executive Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonfurniturebank.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Furniture Bank<\/a>, talks to us about the current state of furniture poverty in the greater Houston area and how the organization is working to combat it.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, as always, our hosts Tessa Barrera and Ernie Manouse talk about the top stories of the day, including five major TV networks suspending pool coverage of President Trump and Texas Gubernatorial candidate Vikki Goodwin filing a police report over Dan Patrick&#8217;s AI campaign ads.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks! 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