Town Square with Ernie Manouse

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Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day’s most important and pressing issues — a place for the audience to share personal

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September 20, 2021COVID-19 Boosters Were Supposed To Rollout Today – What Happened?
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
It started with the concept of boosters shots gaining traction from the head of Pfizer.
Then, many in the medical and science communities joined in.
Next, President Biden set a date to begin deploying them -- and that day was supposed to be today.
But, at the end of last week, an FDA panel recommended against boosters for most Americans, with a few exceptions.
And that's still not the end. This week, the issue goes before the CDC for review.
But one thing is for sure: science evolves.
As more data becomes available and more research is done, our understanding of the issue should evolve too.
Today, we take a closer look at the latest guidance on boosters and what happens next, plus we explore developments in vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, for which Pfizer plans to seek emergency authorization soon.
Guests:
Dr. Flor Munoz
Associate professor of pediatric infectious diseases at Baylor College of Medicine

Infectious disease specialist at Texas Children’s Hospital

Principal investigator of the Pfizer pediatric vaccine trial at Baylor and Texas Children’s
Dr. Alan Barrett
Director of the Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences

Professor in the Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology UTMB-Galveston
Dr. Katelyn Jetelina
Assistant Professor at UTHealth School of Public Health

Author of the blog "Your Local Epidemiologist"
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
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September 17, 2021Navigating Career Changes And The Future Of The Workplace
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
There are so many issues around careers right now.
During the pandemic, people have had to work remotely. Some have had to work at home while being caretakers of children and family like never before. And others have been without work.
A lot of us are reassessing what’s important in our lives and how work fits in.
How do you reach your potential, do something meaningful, and also pay the bills?
Today, an expert is here to discuss how to transform your career and what the future of the workplace holds.
Need tips on setting goals? Dealing with a challenging boss? Changing careers and rebranding yourself?
We spend the hour with:
Lisa Shumate
Associate Vice President of the UH System and General Manager of Houston Public Media

ICF-certified coach, specializing in career development and career management

Co-author of the college course, “You Got This: The Real Skills You Need for Career Success”

Host of Career Frontier: Exploring Success in the Changing Workplace – airing Sept. 20 – 24 at 2pm on News 88.7.
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
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September 16, 2021How ‘Attention’ Highlights The Struggle Between The Mind And The Brain
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
What does it mean for something to "hold" your attention?
And what is the difference between losing focus and having an attention deficit disorder?
Today, we try to understand how our brains work when it comes to processing information and finding focus.
Writer Casey Schwartz is here to discuss and share to share her personal experience with the drug Adderall and finding her new path to focus and is joined by psychologist Dr. Jeff Temple. Listeners also share how ADHD medications have impacted their lives.
Casey Schwartz
Author of “Attention: A Love Story”

Regular contributor regularly to The New York Times and lives in New York City
Dr. Jeff Temple
Director of the Center for Violence Prevention

Psychologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston
Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day’s most important and pressing issues.
Audio from today's show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.
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September 15, 2021How President Biden’s Six Point COVID Plan Can Impact The Nation’s Health And Economy
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
Last Thursday, President Biden revealed his new plan to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
His strategy is a 6-prong approach that includes:
Vaccinating the Unvaccinated

Further protecting the vaccinated

Keeping Schools Open Safely

Increased Testing and Requiring Masking

Protecting our Economy

Improving Care for those with COVID
Experts unpack President Biden’s plan and offer their thoughts on how these policies are implemented, how they can impact the economy, and, most of all, how effective will it be.
We also get an update on the power situation in the Houston area, following Nicholas.
Dr. Charlene Flash
President and CEO of Avenue 360 Health and Wellness

Assistant Professor, Medicine-Infectious Disease, Baylor College of Medicine
Dietrich von Biedenfeld
Assistant Professor in the Marilyn Davies College of Business, at the University of Houston - Downtown
Brad Tutunjian
Vice President, Electric Distribution Operations for CenterPoint
Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day’s most important and pressing issues.
Audio from today's show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.
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September 14, 2021Houston, Coastal Counties Experience Nicholas’ Impact But Avoid Worst Predictions
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
How did you sleep last night?
Did you lose power? Experience any damage?
Just after midnight, Nicholas made landfall near Matagorda Bay as a Category 1 hurricane, before being downgraded to a tropical storm as it slowly drifted northeast.
The storm knocked down powerlines in parts of Harris County and caused damage to some structures. But the region avoided many of the worst outcomes predicted on Monday.
Today, we’re assessing the impact to our region, and we’re also assessing how we prepare for and communicate extreme weather events.
Plus, we want to hear how you’re doing. What did you see? What was your experience of Nicholas?
Let’s help each other understand what we went through as a community.
Guests:
Anthony Yanez
KPRC Meteorologist
Matt Sebesta
Brazoria County Judge
Zachary Davidson
Communication Director, Galveston County
Ed Hirs
Energy Fellow, University of Houston
Jeff Lindner
Harris County Meteorologist

Director of Flood Operations, Harris County Flood Control District

Spokesperson for Ready Harris
Jennifer Sparks
Interim Communications Director, American Red Cross - Texas Gulf Coast Region
Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day’s most important and pressing issues.
Audio from today's show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.
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September 13, 2021What Houstonians Can Expect From Tropical Storm Nicholas – And How To Prepare
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
It’s all about Nicholas today.
Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to make landfall this evening near Matagorda Bay. It looks like it will travel Northeast along the Texas coast through Tuesday night.
City and county officials are asking Houston-area residents to hunker down by tonight.
Mayor Sylvester Turner said that while the worst is likely to come overnight, Houstonians should avoid areas prone to flooding starting this afternoon and remain indoors if possible.
What should you do right now to get ready?
What do we know about the storm’s path and intensity?
Today, local meteorologists are here with the latest. Plus, we also get updates on potential impacts to power, local grocery store shelves and flooding along coastal counties.
Guests:
Frank Billingsley
Chief meteorologist, KPRC Channel 2
Eric Berger
Meteorologist and managing editor for Space City Weather
Lisa Helfman
HEB’s director of Public Affairs
Nathan Brownell
Director of Distribution Operations, CenterPoint Energy
Matt Sebesta
Brazoria County Judge
Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day's most important and pressing issues.
Audio from today’s show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.
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September 09, 2021Director of the Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences Dispels Vaccine Myths And Misunderstandings
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
Today, President Biden expected to lay out a new COVID-19 strategy for the nation at 4 pm CST.
The White House is calling it a 6-pronged approach to combating the prolonged pandemic which includes:
Increased testing and mask-wearing

Keeping schools safe

Protecting the U.S. economy

And improving care for those with COVID-19.
NPR reported that Biden will also announce that all federal workers and contractors will be required to be vaccinated.
In anticipation of the President’s speech, our expert is here to deal with variants, vaccines, and boosters, and the new Mu variant.
Guest:
Dr. Alan Barrett
Director of the Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences

Professor in Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology UTMB- Galveston
Town Square also takes a look at the breaking news that the Justice Department is suing the state of Texas over the new abortion law minutes after the announcement.
Charles "Rocky" Rhodes
Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law Houston
Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day’s most important and pressing issues.
Audio from today's show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.
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September 08, 2021Self-Care Awareness Month Highlights The Causes And Solutions To Stress
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
Some experts say that the way we learn to deal with stress during childhood,
will be the way we deal with stress for the rest of our lives.
How can we better understand our responses to stress and make time for self-care? And how do manage it all when we add in jobs, relationships, family responsibilities?
Experts are here to discuss forming healthy habits and to share strategies on how to be kinder to ourselves: from paying attention to our own needs to set boundaries.
Dr. Jeff Temple
Director of the Center for Violence Prevention and psychologist at UTMB
Veronica Cavazos
Licensed Professional Counselor with Community Health Network
Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day’s most important and pressing issues.
Audio from today's show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.
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September 07, 2021What We Know About The WHO’s Latest “Variant Of Interest” – The Mu Variant
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
Last week, the World Health Organization updated its list of “variants of interest.”
They’ve now got their eye on the Mu variant.
The WHO says the variant has the potential to evade immunity provided by vaccines and antibodies.
But right now it’s not common in the US, where the highly contagious Delta variant makes up 99% of all COVID-19 cases, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci.
So what does that mean for you?
What should you know about the Mu variant, and what could happen next?
Today, experts discuss that, as well as boosters, pediatric case numbers and the fall and winter “forecast” for COVID.
Guests:
Dr. Katelyn Jetelina
An epidemiologist with UTHealth School of Public Health

Author of the blog “Your Local Epidemiologist”
Dr. Catherine Troisi
An infectious disease epidemiologist and faculty member at UTHealth School of Public Health
Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day's most important and pressing issues.
Audio from today’s show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.
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September 03, 2021Part 2: What Are The Implications Of The New Abortion Law On Women, Texans, And The Country?
Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, [email protected] or @townsquaretalk.
Yesterday, with the Supreme Court’s upholding of Texas’ new abortion law, we wanted to set the stage for the discussion.
Our legal expert explained the law, and then we invited folks with two different points of view on the issue. Our phone lines and email were inundated with questions and comments, from personal to political, legal to medical.
We continue that conversation with a deeper dive into the legal and medical implications of TX SB8, also known as the "Heartbeat Bill".
We heard from listeners who ask how the abortion restriction law, which includes "bounty" lawsuits, can impact patients, abortion advocates, and clinics. We also hear from an emergency room doctor who expressed concerns over dealing with patients who attempt at-home abortions.
Guests
Charles “Rocky” Rhodes
Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law Houston
Dr. Nancy Binford
Medical practitioner of 23 years from Balcones Obstetrics and Gynecology in Austin

Expertise in the care of women with high-risk pregnancies
Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day’s most important and pressing issues.
Audio from today's show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.
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FAQs about Town Square with Ernie Manouse:

How many episodes does Town Square with Ernie Manouse have?

The podcast currently has 572 episodes available.