Hello Houston is your connection to the heart of the Bayou City. Every weekday, we dive deep into the stories that matter to Houstonians — from breaking local news to cultural happenings, community voices, and the everyday joys and challenges of life in our vibrant city.
Hello Houston is your connection to the heart of the Bayou City. Every weekday, we dive deep into the stories that matter to Houstonians — from breaking local news to cultural happenings, community voices, and the everyday joys and challenges of life in our vibrant city.

On today’s Hello Houston, Ernie, Celeste, and Frank are joined by Raheel Ramzanali, formerly of ESPN radio and CityCast Houston, in the show’s first hour, who discusses the new Rockets season, which starts tonight and what we can expect.
Also, in the first hour, Colton Berry, Founding Artistic Director of Art Factory, tells us about their annual production of The Rocky Horror Show.
Then, in the second hour of the show, we hear University of Houston political science professor and Party Politics co-host Brandon Rottinghaus break down the amendment process and why constitutional amendments are important to Texas in the latest episode of his feature, Texperts.
Plus, we also learn about the new Asia Society Texas exhibition, The House of Pikachu: Art, Anime, and Pop Culture, with the organization’s Director of Exhibitions, Owen Duffy, and Houston-based artist Gao Hang, whose work is on view in the show.
And, as always, Ernie, Celeste, and Frank discuss the top stories of the day at the top of each hour, including the Amazon Web Services outage and residents restoring the colors of the now-removed rainbow crosswalks in Montrose.