{"id":419577,"date":"2026-08-28T20:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419577\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T20:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:56:11","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-august-28-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419577\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (August 28, 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\/2026\/08\/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 Tessa talk with comedian and actor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3982894\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Pharoah<\/a>, about his comedy career, his impressions, and his experience as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, ahead of his upcoming shows at Houston Improv this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcm.edu\/people-search\/sarah-nadeem-170246\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Sarah Nadeem<\/a>, an endocrinologist and associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine, discusses the growing use of medications for weight management and explains what patients should know before deciding to take them.<\/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, we also hear a conversation with Houston singer-songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kamfranklin.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kam Franklin<\/a> of The Suffers, who sits down with Hello Houston Executive Producer Jim Kovacik for his new recurring feature Five Simple Questions, to give us an intimate glimpse into her world. Five Simple Questions will officially premiere on Hello Houston, Tuesday, September 8.<\/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; Ernie and Tessa talk with comedian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[17607,146164,146165,103823,2940,2244,2245,2246,56,58,57,146166,18076,15099,66,278,223,1175,146167,68846,112781,36011,146168],"class_list":["post-419577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-comedian","tag-comic","tag-five-simple-questions","tag-glp-1-medication","tag-health-science","tag-healthcare","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-jay-pharoah","tag-kam-franklin","tag-last-minute-plans","tag-local","tag-music","tag-news","tag-pop-culture","tag-sarah-nadeem","tag-saturday-night-live","tag-the-suffers","tag-weight-loss","tag-weight-loss-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419577","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=419577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}