{"id":588703,"date":"2026-02-14T05:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/588703\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T05:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:20:15","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-february-13-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/588703\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (February 13, 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\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Commuter Cut,\u201d Ernie and guest host <a href=\"https:\/\/tsu.edu\/academics\/colleges-and-schools\/school-of-communication\/pdfs\/bio-doris-childress.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doris Childress<\/a> talk with <a href=\"https:\/\/crockett.house.gov\/about\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett<\/a>, who discusses her campaign for U.S. Senate, her policy priorities, and why she believes she&#8217;s right for this seat.<\/p>\n<p>Also, we hear from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorviviana.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Viviana Coles<\/a>, a Houston-area relationship therapist, who shares her thoughts on how couples can ensure they maintain healthy relationships.<\/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 discuss the rising influence of Christian nationalism, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerinstitute.org\/expert\/michael-o-emerson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Emerson<\/a>, a Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at Rice University\u2019s Baker Institute, who also explains how this form of nationalism has become a major political force in Texas politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut In today\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Commuter Cut,\u201d Ernie and guest host Doris Childress&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":[24064,90,9973,10098,4345,45812,425,254442,50,80,254443,358,5524,43335,3187,8579,254444],"class_list":["post-588703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-christian-nationalism","tag-elections","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-houston","tag-jasmine-crockett","tag-local","tag-michael-emerson","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-relationship-advice","tag-texas","tag-texas-politics","tag-texas-u-s-senate-race","tag-tx","tag-u-s-senate","tag-viviana-coles"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116067305100167445","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588703","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=588703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588703\/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=588703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}