On today’s Hello Houston, with the Houston FIFA matches now over, we’re joined again by Chris Canetti, President of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Houston Host Committee, who discusses how Houston fared as a host city for this massive global event.  

Next, best-selling author Christina Diaz Gonzalez joins us to spotlight her new graphic novel, Offside, which follows five very different middle school students on a soccer team that becomes co-ed.

In the second hour of the show, the Galveston County reporter for Houston Public Media, Julianna Washburn, joins us to give us the latest on Galveston County’s new approved precinct map, which some residents are saying doesn't fairly represent minority communities.

Plus, Marci Kurtz Hoffman, the Assistant Curator of the Rainforest Pyramid and Animal Wellbeing Manager at Moody Gardens, tells us all about their new resident, a female Komodo Dragon named Diah, and the conservation efforts supporting her species’ future.

And, as always, Ernie Manouse and guest host Houston Public Media reporter Michael Adkison discuss today's top stories at the top of each hour, including the City of Houston's Office of Inspector General declining to investigate Mayor Whitmire's $60,000 payment to a podcast producer, the Texas Stock Exchange now trading as of today, and the launch of tax-advantaged investment accounts called Trump Accounts.