{"id":474860,"date":"2026-10-23T22:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474860\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T22:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:02:10","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-october-23-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474860\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (October 23, 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\/10\/1792792930_300_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; we hear Ernie and Tessa&#8217;s conversation with PBS President and CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/about\/about-pbs\/senior-management-team\/paula-kerger\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paula Kerger<\/a>, who shares her perspective on PBS today, the evolving ways audiences engage with public media, and the future of public television.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in this week&#8217;s edition of Tessa Takes On, Tessa chats with representatives from Houston&#8217;s primary women&#8217;s rugby organization, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houston.rugby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Athletic Rugby Club<\/a>, for a discussion on the city&#8217;s role in the ever-growing international sport.<\/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 wrap up the week with our regular Friday feature, Last Minute Plans, in which our hosts share a list of Houston area events to help you make the most of your weekend, while they also share their own plans for the weekend.<\/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; we hear Ernie and Tessa&#8217;s conversation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[64,2245,2246,56,160915,19943,58,57,15099,66,160916,40675,160917,160918,160919,86605,154,150517,5909,7133],"class_list":["post-474860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-events","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-houston","tag-houston-athletic-rugby-club","tag-houston-events","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-last-minute-plans","tag-local","tag-paula-kerger","tag-pbs","tag-public-broadcasting","tag-public-broadcasting-service","tag-public-television","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-tessa-takes-on","tag-weekend-events","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474860","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=474860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}