On today’s Hello Houston, with a federal judge ordering Texas to air condition all its prisons by the end of 2029, we talk with Amite Dominick, the founder and president of Texas Prisons Community Advocates, who’s also one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit that led to this ruling.

Next, Ernie talks with musician and composer Nathan Felix for this week’s edition of On the Marquee, who discusses his new immersive opera La Gran Esperanza, which will be performed at the Blaffer Art Museum on Saturday, October 10.

In the second hour, we turn to music and hear an excerpt from the latest installment of Ernie’s InnerVIEWS series, in which he chats with Swedish singer Martin Rolinski of the international best-selling group BWO to reflect on his career and a variety of different topics.

Plus, author Louise Barnett talks to us about her new book Tainted Love: A Bipolar Memoir, which shares her personal journey navigating the challenges of Bipolar One disorder and how she began to understand what recovery really looks like.

And, as always, our hosts Tessa Barrera and Ernie Manouse talk about today’s top stories at the top of each hour, including protests being planned at President Trump’s rally at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Houston ISD losing roughly 9,000 students, and new Galveston signs raising concerns for pedestrians and bikers.