On today's Hello Houston, we talk with U.S. Representative Al Green, currently serving Texas's 9th congressional district, who discusses his goals and priorities before he leaves the Capitol in January and the annual Slavery Remembrance Legislative Update Breakfast that he's hosting tomorrow, August 22.

Then, Dr. Shonnie Murrell, Governor of the Recording Academy's Texas and Oklahoma Chapters and leader of the band Funk Potion #9, tells us about her work advocating for artists, mentoring young people through Grammy U, and her upcoming new R&B album.

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In the second hour, former superintendent of Big Bend National Park and chairman of Keep Big Bend Wild, Bob Krumenaker, discusses how the organization is fighting border wall construction in that area, what's at stake for the famous Texas national park, and what happens next now that construction has been paused.

Plus, we do our regular Friday feature “Last Minute Plans,” in which our hosts share a comprehensive rundown of events going down in the Houston area this weekend, while they, and Hello Houston listeners, share their own plans for the weekend.

And, as always, our hosts Ernie Manouse and Tessa Barrera discuss today's top stories at the top of each hour, including Minnesota officials suing Gov. Abbott to force the extradition of an ICE agent arrested in Texas, a Deer Park police officer suspended after misusing the department's Flock cameras, the attorney of a Texas teen convicted of a fatal stabbing asking for a new trial, and more.