Hello Houston (July 18, 2025)

On today’s Hello Houston, Frank and Celeste discuss The House approving a rescission plan to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its effect on NPR and PBS with Houston Public Media’s Associate Vice President and General Manager, Josh Adams, at the top of the first hour.  

In the first hour of the show, we break down aspects of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” with Joyce Beebe, a fellow in public finance at Rice University's Baker Institute, and we hear from the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s Alison de Lima Green, who tells us about a new exhibit in their Summer Immersive Series.

Then, in the second hour, Frank and Celeste talk with Houston Public Media reporter Sarah Grunau, who shares the latest on recovery efforts for the more than 100 people still missing from the July 4 floods, and Dr. Lucas Bernal Ribe, a UTHealth Houston and Memorial Hermann vascular surgeon, shares his thoughts on President Trump’s chronic venous insufficiency diagnosis.

Also, we hear the newest episode of Party Politics co-host Brandon Rottinghaus’ feature “Texperts,” in which he educates us on how special sessions of the Texas Legislature work. Plus, Drew Bivona, Founder of Bivona Law, discusses what parents should know before sending their kids to summer camp.