Hello Houston (May 22, 2025)

On today’s “Hello Houston,” Ernie and special guest co-host and longtime Houston television reporter Doug Miller, weigh in on today’s top stories including President Trump accepting a luxury Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar, the House passing the “Big Beautiful Bill,” Texas communism classes, and more at the top of each hour.

Also, in the first hour of the show, the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Richard Stoll discusses President Trump’s new “Golden Dome” defense plan, and In the Heights star Ceasar F. Barajas tells us about the Theatre Under the Stars production of the hit musical in Houston this weekend.

Then, in the second hour, Houston Chronicle investigative reporter Eric Dexheimer breaks down the Texas Lottery scandal, and we dive into a special summer movie edition of our regular Thursday feature “Current Obsessions,” with Hello Houston producers Garrett Bohlmann and William Menjivar.