{"id":480604,"date":"2026-10-29T19:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480604\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:04:33","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-october-28-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480604\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (October 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\/10\/1793300673_537_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 Texas Monthly senior writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/contributors\/forrest-wilder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forrest Wilder<\/a> discusses an investigation into the major changes undergone at the University of Texas that are raising questions about academic freedom and the role of politics in higher education.  <\/p>\n<p>Next, University of Houston chemistry professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uh.edu\/nsm\/chemistry\/people\/profiles\/yuhong-wang\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Yuhong Wang<\/a> explains how local researchers are using artificial intelligence and advanced sensing technology to help combat antibiotic-resistant superbugs.<\/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 hear from actor Joey Herrera, who talks to us about playing Dracula in <a href=\"https:\/\/drunkdracula.com\/about\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drunk Dracula<\/a>, a theatrical production that puts an interesting twist on the classic horror story by mixing comedy with an unpredictable performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut In today\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Commuter Cut,\u201d Texas Monthly senior writer Forrest Wilder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[130888,1174,73090,161822,7752,163,1182,161823,2940,2245,2246,56,58,57,161824,66,11838,223,79399,3621,4100,161827],"class_list":["post-480604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-antibiotic-resistance","tag-arts-culture","tag-bacteria","tag-dracula","tag-drunk-dracula","tag-education","tag-education-news","tag-forrest-wilder","tag-health-science","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-joey-herrera","tag-local","tag-local-arts","tag-news","tag-superbugs","tag-technology","tag-university-of-texas","tag-yuhong-wang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480604","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=480604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}