{"id":50772,"date":"2025-07-09T07:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T07:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/50772\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T07:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T07:07:19","slug":"hello-houston-july-8-2025-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/50772\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston (July 8, 2025) \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, Ernie and Celeste continue covering the floods in Central Texas at the top of each hour. Houston Public Media reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/staff\/dominic-walsh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominic Anthony Walsh<\/a> calls in to give us the latest, and they weigh in on Rep. Joaquin Castro calling for an investigation to find out what went wrong in warning and evacuating residents.<\/p>\n<p>In the first hour of the show, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcdistrictclerk.com\/Common\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris County District Clerk Marilyn Burgess<\/a> joins to tell us about Houston&#8217;s new passport office, which promises to be more convenient and provide faster service for Harris County residents. Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gordoneducation.org\/who-we-are\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Gordon<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gordoneducation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gordon&#8217;s Education<\/a> tells us about their upcoming documentary filmmaking camp.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in the second hour, former Harris County Judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerinstitute.org\/expert\/edward-m-emmett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Emmett<\/a> and Rice University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.rice.edu\/faculty\/jim-blackburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Blackburn<\/a> join us to share their thoughts on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Beryl and the Central Texas floods. Plus, Judge Christine Weems and actor and real-life attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raleylaw.com\/john-w-raley-iii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Raley<\/a> discuss an upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conemanrunning.com\/mockingbird\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston production of To Kill a Mockingbird <\/a>featuring a cast composed of members of Houston&#8217;s legal community. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks! 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