<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-530383 size-medium" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/09105018/HMCC-Featured-Image-Dark-Blue-2025-1000x563.jpg" alt="A mint green skyline against a dark blue background with the words Houston Matters with Craig Cohen in white" width="1000" height="563" /></p><p>On Friday's show: We preview this evening's planned re-entry and splashdown of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/nasa/space/2026/04/09/548562/artemis-astronauts-press-conference-space-moon-nasa/" rel="noopener">Artemis II astronauts</a>. Houston Public Media will offer live coverage of the crew's splashdown beginning around 6:45 p.m. on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/listen-live/" rel="noopener">News 88.7</a> and on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@HoustonPublicMedia/streams" rel="noopener">YouTube</a>.</p><p>Also this hour: We find out how the water crisis in Corpus Christi has led many municipalities in the region to <a target="_blank" href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07042026/corpus-christi-water-crisis-south-texas-aquifers/" rel="noopener">rush to pump water</a> from aquifers in order to try and avert their own disasters.</p><div role="presentation">Then, we break down <a target="_blank" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/topics/good-bad-ugly/" rel="noopener">The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly</a> of the week.</div><div role="presentation"> </div><div role="presentation">And we learn how the Brazilian community and its culture are expanding in the Bayou City ahead of this year’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brazilian-food-and-music-festival-tickets-1549732655089?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="noopener">Brazilian Food and Music Festival</a>.</div><p><b>Watch</b></p><p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VvHFUXNi-Z0?si=01RYTZOcH6e9rdst&amp;start=380" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>