Vanessa Wyche's guest appearances

Vanessa Wyche

In Black America

Houston Matters

Jason Lee

David Eagleman

Jeff Goldblum

Benjamin Crump

Chris Redd

Dan Crenshaw

Mitch Landrieu

Jericho Brown

George H.W. Bush

Terrell Davis

Hari Kondabolu

Peter Hotez

Robbie Tolan

Miles McPherson

Ken Coleman

OwlTail

 On Thursday's Houston Matters: We get an update on the COVID-19 situation in Montgomery County.Also this hour: We talk with Vanessa Wyche, the director of NASA's Johnson Space Center. She's a NASA veteran who's the first African American to serve in that role and previously was the JSC's deputy director.Then, the new Hulu documentary Homeroom chronicles the challenges faced by the senior class of 2020 at one high school during what was a very unusual year. It's the subject of this month's installment of The Bigger Picture.And Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove talks about her latest collection, Playlist for the Apocalypse, and how she embodies other voices to write from their perspective -- including that of a spring cricket. Dove will read from her collection in a livestream discussion from Inprint on Monday (Aug. 30).

On Thursday's Houston Matters: We get an update on the COVID-19 situation in Montgomery County.Also this hour: We talk with <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/about/people/orgs/bios/wyche.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Vanessa Wyche</a>, the director of NASA's <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Johnson Space Center</a>. She's a NASA veteran who's the first African American to serve in that role and previously was the JSC's deputy director.Then, the new Hulu documentary <a href="https://www.hulu.com/movie/homeroom-3ba54579-20da-4d8d-9639-6210038d5494" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Homeroom</a> chronicles the challenges faced by the senior class of 2020 at one high school during what was a very unusual year. It's the subject of this month's installment of <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/topics/the-bigger-picture/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Bigger Picture</a>.And Pulitzer Prize-winning poet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Dove" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rita Dove</a> talks about her latest collection, <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393867770" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Playlist for the Apocalypse</a>, and how she embodies other voices to write from their perspective -- including that of a spring cricket. Dove will read from her collection in a <a href="https://inprinthouston.org/event/inprint-rita-dove-reading/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">livestream discussion from Inprint</a> on Monday (Aug. 30).

Vanessa Wyche Takes The Helm At NASA’s Johnson Space Center (Aug. 26, 2021)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Vanessa Wyche, Deputy Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.  She is the first African American deputy director at NASA.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Vanessa Wyche, Deputy Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.  She is the first African American deputy director at NASA.

Vanessa Wyche (Ep. 40, 2019)