{"id":561822,"date":"2026-02-02T21:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/561822\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:48:15","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-february-2-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/561822\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (February 2, 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.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&#8217;s edition of &#8220;The Commuter Cut,&#8221; we hear from <a href=\"https:\/\/drdzcofield.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pastor D.Z. Cofield<\/a> who shares his thoughts on the meaning of Black History Month, and discusses his charity, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/hopeforfamiliesinc.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hope for Families<\/a>,&#8221; which is focused on rebuilding urban communities.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Maureen Patton, executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegrand.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand 1894 Opera House<\/a> in Galveston, joins us to share stories from her more than 40 years of running the historic theater, which is recognized as the official opera house of Texas.<\/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&#8217;re joined by Houston Public Media&#8217;s Galveston County reporter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/staff\/julianna-washburn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julianna Washburn<\/a>, who tells us about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/energy-environment\/animals\/2026\/01\/30\/542094\/galveston-sea-turtle-rescue-gulf-coast-cold-weather\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more than 100 sea turtles<\/a> released back in the Gulf after being rescued from the conditions of last week&#8217;s winter storm, and more of the latest stories happening in Galveston.<\/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 from Pastor D.Z. Cofield&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[9971,150112,245360,9094,24012,9973,10098,245361,4345,425,245362,50,96739,62861,358,245363,3187],"class_list":["post-561822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-arts-culture","tag-black-history-month","tag-d-z-cofield","tag-galveston","tag-gulf","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-hope-for-families","tag-houston","tag-local","tag-maureen-patton","tag-news","tag-opera-musical-theater","tag-sea-turtles","tag-texas","tag-the-grand-1894-opera-house","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116003242458998531","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561822","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=561822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561822\/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=561822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}