{"id":173502,"date":"2026-02-20T22:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173502\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:51:21","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-february-20-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173502\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (February 20, 2026) \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-517232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HH_Podcast-Cover_The-Commuter-Cut-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/>Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s edition of &#8220;The Commuter Cut,&#8221; Houston artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmangallery.com\/artists\/83-david-mcgee\/overview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David McGee<\/a> and Bechtler Museum of Modern Art curator Katia Zavistovski tell us about an upcoming exhibition dedicated to McGee&#8217;s work that will soon be on view at the museum.<\/p>\n<p>Then, <a href=\"https:\/\/house.texas.gov\/members\/3820\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas State Representative Vikki Goodwin<\/a>, currently serving District 47, joins us to discuss her campaign for Texas Lieutenant Governor, the issues important to her in this race, what sets her apart from her opponents, and more. <\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/hellohouston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, Ernie and guest host <a href=\"https:\/\/tsu.edu\/academics\/colleges-and-schools\/school-of-communication\/pdfs\/bio-doris-childress.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doris Childress<\/a> share their plans for the weekend, as well as a list of events happening this weekend in Houston for our regular Friday feature, Last Minute Plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut In today&#8217;s edition of &#8220;The Commuter Cut,&#8221; Houston artist David McGee and Bechtler&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1174,62247,28361,288,64,2245,2246,56,70056,58,57,70057,15099,64784,66,223,287,27,8627],"class_list":{"0":"post-173502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-arts-culture","9":"tag-david-mcgee","10":"tag-doris-childress","11":"tag-elections","12":"tag-events","13":"tag-hello-houston","14":"tag-hello-houston-commuter","15":"tag-houston","16":"tag-houston-artist","17":"tag-houston-headlines","18":"tag-houston-news","19":"tag-katia-zavistovski","20":"tag-last-minute-plans","21":"tag-lieutenant-governors-race","22":"tag-local","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-politics","25":"tag-texas","26":"tag-vikki-goodwin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}