{"id":450435,"date":"2026-09-28T21:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/450435\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:02:13","slug":"hello-houston-september-28-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/450435\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston (September 28, 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\/1790629333_397_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, New York Times Texas bureau chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/j-david-goodman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Goodman<\/a> breaks down the state&#8217;s governor\u2019s race, the U.S. Senate race, and the controversy over the thousands of voter registration applications that went unprocessed due to an error at the Texas DPS.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in this week&#8217;s Producer Spotlight, Hello Houston producer Laura Walker talks with the founder and owner of Houston\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/upstream-fitness.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Upstream Fitness<\/a> and its coaches to find out how they&#8217;re using fitness to empower its participants.<\/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>In the second hour, <a href=\"https:\/\/experts.utexas.edu\/harel_shapira\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harel Shapira<\/a>, a sociologist at the University of Texas, discusses his new book, Basic Pistol: Living and Dying by the Gun in America, which looks at how gun owners are taught to think about risk and safety and the role a &#8220;good guy with a gun&#8221; should play in our society.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uh.edu\/class\/psychology\/about\/people\/adam-fetterman\/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Fetterman<\/a>, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Houston, talks about a new study that examines how the proximity of food can influence our everyday eating habits. <\/p>\n<p>And, as always, our hosts Tessa Barrera and Ernie Manouse discuss today&#8217;s top stories at the top of each hour, including gas prices becoming a major talking point ahead of the midterms, Harris County election officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/harris-county\/2026\/09\/25\/562912\/about-75000-harris-county-voter-registrations-unprocessed-in-texas-dps-error-county-officials-say\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">processing more than 75,000 additional voter registrations<\/a> after a DPS error, the Paxton-Talarico contest possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/politics\/election-2026\/2026\/09\/28\/562922\/texas-senate-race-spending-talarico-paxton-super-pacs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">breaking a record for campaign spending<\/a> in a U.S. Senate election, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks! 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