{"id":433281,"date":"2026-09-11T22:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433281\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T22:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:56:17","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-september-11-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433281\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (September 11, 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\/09\/1789167377_929_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 we hear from former FBI agent Christopher Combs, who was at the Pentagon minutes after the building was struck on September 11, 2001. He reflects on the courage and sacrifice he witnessed firsthand on that day.<\/p>\n<p>Next, we hear the first edition of Tessa&#8217;s new feature, Tessa Takes On, in which she talks with Andrew Johnson, who&#8217;s known for playing the Houston Texans&#8217; mascot Toro. He discusses how it all began and what playing this character means to him.<\/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>Also, we talk with Bill Tatar, Roman Aguilar, and Maren Will, the organizers of the Houston National Day of Service event taking place at the Houston National Cemetery tomorrow, September 12, to honor those who lost their lives on 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut In today\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Commuter Cut,\u201d we hear from former FBI agent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[149060,113843,150510,150511,64,2245,2246,56,58,111278,150512,57,79,150513,66,150514,4491,223,150515,137177,150516,154,150517,115347],"class_list":["post-433281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-9-11-anniversary","tag-andrew-johnson","tag-bill-tatar","tag-christopher-combs","tag-events","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-national-cemetery","tag-houston-national-day-of-service","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-texans","tag-houston-texans-mascot","tag-local","tag-maren-will","tag-national","tag-news","tag-roman-aguilar","tag-september-11th","tag-september-11th-remembrance","tag-sports","tag-tessa-takes-on","tag-toro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433281","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=433281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}