{"id":334132,"date":"2026-06-12T20:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/334132\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T20:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:56:09","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-june-12-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/334132\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (June 12, 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; Ernie and guest host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tess1tess2\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tessa Barerra<\/a> talk with Democratic gubernatorial candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/house.texas.gov\/members\/3210\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gina Hinojosa<\/a>, who explains why she decided to run for Texas governor, her priorities, and what she would do differently if elected.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we hear from Logan Vaden, the founding artistic director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegardentheatre.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Garden Theatre<\/a> and Houston-based vocalist Wendy Taylor, who both tell us all about the \u201cMusical Theatre Extravaganza,&#8221; which is running tonight through Sunday at the MATCH.<\/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, former professional soccer player with the Houston Dynamo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/players\/mike-chabala\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Chabala<\/a>, joins us to give us a primer on the FIFA World Cup, the significance of this massive event, and which matchups he thinks soccer fans are most looking forward to seeing.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut In today&#8217;s edition of &#8220;The Commuter Cut,&#8221; Ernie and guest host Tessa Barerra&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[20313,1174,39794,288,119430,3496,2245,2246,56,23504,58,57,10147,66,119431,119432,119433,223,5547,287,731,154,115697,27,44242,119434],"class_list":["post-334132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-2026-fifa-world-cup","tag-arts-culture","tag-election-2026","tag-elections","tag-garden-theatre","tag-gina-hinojosa","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-houston","tag-houston-dynamo","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-soccer","tag-local","tag-logan-vaden","tag-mike-chabala","tag-musical-theatre-extravaganza","tag-news","tag-opera-musical-theater","tag-politics","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-tessa-berrera","tag-texas","tag-texas-governors-race","tag-wendy-taylor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334132","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=334132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334132\/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=334132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}