Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks!
On today’s Hello Houston, retired NASA astronaut, engineer, and NFL football player Leland Melvin tells us how he went from the football field to the stars, his experiences in space, and his post-NASA career ahead of his upcoming event at Space Center Houston.
Next, director Tyler Mann, actress Rachel DeRouen and actor Eric Roberts discuss their film I Voted, which takes a real-life experience and turns it into a dark, political thriller. The film opens in select theaters on September 4th.
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In the second hour, we discuss restoring the oyster population along the Texas coast with Justin Woody, vice president of Jeri’s Seafood Inc., who’s worked alongside Palacios Marine Agricultural Research on a new method for oyster restoration.
And finally, we talk with Kathryn Tart, dean of the Gessner College of Nursing at the University of Houston, who breaks down the growing shortage of nurses in Texas and how the University of Houston is working to train the nurses of the future.
And, as always, our hosts Tessa Barrera and Ernie Manouse discuss today’s top stories at the top of each hour, including the Texas State Board of Education preliminarily approving a rewrite of high school social studies curriculum, the city of Houston approving an anti-annexation deal with The Woodlands, and the autonomous vehicle company Zoox coming soon to Houston.