{"id":197262,"date":"2026-03-09T22:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/197262\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:03:09","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-march-9-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/197262\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (March 9, 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\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Commuter Cut,\u201d Frank and Celeste talk with University of Houston energy fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uh.edu\/uh-energy-innovation\/uh-energy\/about-uh-energy\/faculty-engagement\/energy-fellows\/ed-hirs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Hirs<\/a>, who joins us to discuss the rising cost of oil due to the Iran conflict and what this could mean for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we learn about the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/delange.rice.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brains in Society<\/a> conference, which will bring neuroscientists and other experts together to talk about how advances in brain research are influencing health care, education, and technology, with <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.rice.edu\/faculty\/simon-fischer-baum\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Fischer-Baum<\/a>, associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University.<\/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, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefjassi.com\/blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jassi Bindra<\/a>, a Houston-based chef and restaurateur, talks to us about being a contestant on the new season of the popular reality competition series Top Chef, the food he&#8217;s passionate about, and the story of his culinary journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut In today\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Commuter Cut,\u201d Frank and Celeste talk with University&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[77892,910,918,42163,6782,49,2940,2245,2246,56,77893,58,57,4104,31231,77894,66,5508,223,11531,1545,77897],"class_list":{"0":"post-197262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-brains-in-society","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-ed-hirs","12":"tag-energy-environment","13":"tag-food","14":"tag-health-science","15":"tag-hello-houston","16":"tag-hello-houston-commuter","17":"tag-houston","18":"tag-houston-chefs","19":"tag-houston-headlines","20":"tag-houston-news","21":"tag-international","22":"tag-iran","23":"tag-jassi-bindra","24":"tag-local","25":"tag-neuroscience","26":"tag-news","27":"tag-oil-and-gas-industry","28":"tag-oil-prices","29":"tag-simon-fischer-baum"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197262","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=197262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197262\/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=197262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}