On Monday's show: Some 200,000+ CenterPoint customers are still without power following Thursday’s dramatic storm. We discuss the restoration efforts and other looming energy grid threats this week.


Also, we preview a town hall discussion tonight between HISD Superintendent Mike Miles and four graduating seniors from high schools impacted by his new policies. Asher LehrerSmall (https://houstonlanding.org/author/asm...) , who covers K12 education for Houston Landing, will be moderating the discussion, and he joins us to preview it.


Event Info: Doors open at 6 p.m. with the town hall beginning at 7 p.m. The conversation is a general admission, paywhatyoucan, ticketed event, with a suggested cost of $5. Tickets are available at thehobbycenter.org (https://www.thehobbycenter.org/events...) .


We also talk with University of Houston Energy Fellow Ed Hirs (https://uh.edu/uhenergyinnovation/u...) about the process of restoring power after Thursday night's severe weather left many Houstonians without.


Also this hour: Adam Higginbotham (https://www.adamhigginbotham.com/) , the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl, discusses, his book, Challenger (https://www.simonandschuster.com/book...) , which offers a dramatic, minutebyminute story of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Higginbotham will be in town for a Brazos Bookstore event (https://www.brazosbookstore.com/event...) on Monday night.


Then, veterinarian Dr. Lori Teller (https://www.avma.org/about/avmaboard...)  answers your pet care questions.


And we get an update on Houston sports from Jeff Balke (  / jeffbalke  ) .