{"id":307652,"date":"2025-10-16T09:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/307652\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:03:17","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-october-15-2025-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/307652\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (October 15, 2025) \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.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/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 Ernie, Frank, and Celeste&#8217;s conversation with former Houston City Council member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drletitiaplummer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Leticia Plummer<\/a>, who discusses running for Harris County Judge, as well as her vision and priorities for this role.<\/p>\n<p>Then, they are joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstontx.gov\/controller\/controllerbio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston City Controller Chris Hollins<\/a>, who shares his thoughts on a proposal that could potentially increase the city\u2019s revenue by enacting certain policies. Controller Hollins walks us through what it would mean, its risks, and what&#8217;s feasible about it.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, we also learn about the world premiere of composer Tom Cipullo\u2019s latest opera, <a href=\"https:\/\/tomcipullo.net\/event\/6236415\/733598219\/hobson-s-choice-world-premiereo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hobson\u2019s Choice<\/a>, from Kathleen Belcher, Artistic Director of the University of Houston\u2019s Moores Opera Center, who&#8217;s also directing the opera.<\/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 Ernie, Frank, and Celeste&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[9971,54443,135568,10882,6386,155128,9973,10098,155129,4345,155130,155131,155132,425,50,96739,80,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-307652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-arts-culture","9":"tag-chris-hollins","10":"tag-city-controller-chris-hollins","11":"tag-city-of-houston","12":"tag-harris-county","13":"tag-harris-county-judge-race","14":"tag-hello-houston","15":"tag-hello-houston-commuter","16":"tag-hobsons-choice","17":"tag-houston","18":"tag-houston-city-budget","19":"tag-kathleen-belcher","20":"tag-leticia-plummer","21":"tag-local","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-opera-musical-theater","24":"tag-politics","25":"tag-texas","26":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115383042359898859","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}