{"id":502160,"date":"2026-01-08T20:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/502160\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:56:12","slug":"hello-houston-january-8-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/502160\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston (January 8, 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.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/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, Celeste and guest host Doug Miller begin the show by talking with the Baker Institute for Public Policy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerinstitute.org\/expert\/tony-payan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Payan<\/a>, who joins us to discuss yesterday&#8217;s tragic shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent.<\/p>\n<p>Also, in the first hour, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chee.uh.edu\/faculty\/sengupta-debalina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Debalina Sengupta<\/a>, Assistant VP and COO of the University of Houston&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uh.edu\/energy\/eti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy Transition Institute<\/a>, explains what the government can do to improve recycling rates in the U.S. and the challenges preventing these changes from happening.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/hellohouston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>In the show&#8217;s second hour, Brett Singer, a sports dietician with the Memorial Hermann Rockets Sports Medicine Institute, joins in to share his thoughts on the new U.S. dietary guidelines unveiled yesterday, and the food groups being prioritized.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we hear another edition of Frank Billingsley&#8217;s &#8220;Friends of Frank&#8221; series, in which he sits down with podcaster, author, content creator, and former Houston news anchor of nearly 30 years, <a href=\"https:\/\/dominiquesachse.tv\/who-i-am\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominique Sachse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, our hosts and listeners share a rundown of the things they&#8217;re currently obsessed with this week, for our regular Thursday feature, &#8220;Current Obsessions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks! 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