THNX: A Feelgood Podcast

Joanna Whaley has lived in Southeast Michigan her whole life and is now running for State Representative for House District 2 in the 2026 Midterm Elections to serve her community. She earned her Bacherlor's Degree in Arts Management from Eastern Michigan University, attended the University of Michigan for Clinical Pastoral Education and a Clinical Pastoral Education Residency, and received her Mas...

Judge Katherine Thomas is Judge for the 184th Criminal District Court in Harris County, Houston, Texas and is running to keep that seat in the 2026 Midterm Elections. Upon election, she was the youngest person elected to serve on a District Court in Texas as well as the first person of color to preside over that bench. She earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Spellman College...

Judge Chris Morton currently presides over the 230th Judicial District Court in Harris County, Texas and is running for re-election in the 2026 Midterm Elections. Chris grew up in North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte with a degree in International Business. While attending college, he was also serving in the National Guard. After participating in the work fo...

Judge Raul Rodriguez was first elected as Judge of Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 13 in 2018 and is running for his third term in the 2026 Midterm Elections. He is a dual citizen, as he was born in Mexico and moved to the US at age 2. He earned a business degree from the University of Houston and worked in the corporate world before earning his J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 1992...

Judge Lance Long was appointed as Judge of the 183rd Judicial District Court in Harris County, Houston, Texas and is running to keep his seat in the 2026 Midterm Elections.

Brian Middleton is Fort Bend County, Texas' first African American District Attorney and first Democrat to hold the position in 26 years, and he is running for re-election in the 2026 Midterm Elections. 

Judge Peyton Peebles serves Harris County, Houston, Texas as the presiding judge of the 497th District Court and is running to keep his seat in the 2026 Midterm Elections. 

Dan Simons is running for District Attorney in Harris County, Houston, Texas in the 2026 Midterm Elections. Born and raised in Southeast Texas, he was the first person in his family to graduate from high school, then graduated from Sam Houston State University at the top of his class, went on to attend Thurgood Marshall School of Law, and earned his Master's Degree in Tax Law from the University o...

Judge Brian Warren is running to keep his seat as Judge of the 209th Criminal District Court in Harris County, Houston, Texas in the 2026 Midterm Elections. He was first elected in 2018. Originally from New York, he earned his Bachelors of Business Administration from James Madison University in 1997 then his Juris Doctorate from St. Mary's School of Law in 2001. His entire legal career has been d...

Judge Manpreet "Monica" Singh is running for re-election as Judge for Harris County Civil Court at Law #4 in the 2026 Midterm Elections. When first elected in 2022, she made history as Texas's first Sikh Judge as well as the first female Sikh Judge in the U.S. She is a native Houstonian who earned her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her JD from South Texas College of L...

Kristin Guiney was the Executive Director of Angela House, a non-profit organization that provides trauma-informed rehabilitative services to formerly incarcerated women. Prior, she graduated from Emory University, earned her JD at the University of Houston Law Center, was an Assistant District Attorney, and served as District Judge of the 179th and 232nd district courts. A prior guest of THNX and...

Daniel Alig, originally from Dayton, Ohio, earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. After working in the admissions office at Emory following graduation, he moved to Texas and started at St. John's School in 2000, working as a Teacher, Coach, Counselor, Admissions Associate, and Upper School Dean of Students & English Department Chair. After 13 years...