{"id":842264,"date":"2026-06-03T20:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/842264\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:59:24","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-june-3-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/842264\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (June 3, 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:\/\/profiles.rice.edu\/staff\/katharine-shilcutt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katharine Shilcutt<\/a> talk with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raiseyourhandtexas.org\/team\/libby-cohen-ph-d\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Libby Cohen<\/a>, Executive Director of the non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raiseyourhandtexas.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raise Your Hand Texas<\/a>, who discusses the state of public-school funding in Texas and the state\u2019s school voucher program.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we hear from Bradley Michalakis, the Head of Dramaturgy at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleytheatre.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alley Theatre<\/a>, who breaks down all the shows that will be in the arts organization&#8217;s upcoming 2026 \u2013 27 season, which is also their 80th season.<\/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, Tammi Wallace, President and CEO of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonlgbtchamber.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce<\/a> and Avery Belyeu, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/montrosecenter.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Montrose Center<\/a>, join us to both give us their thoughts on the meaning of Pride Month and how much progress has been achieved by the LGBTQIA+ community.<\/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 Katharine Shilcutt&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":[69217,9971,344788,344789,407,17621,9973,10098,4345,20351,52944,5603,344790,425,9975,50,9863,283637,29555,21881,149974,358,139200,3187],"class_list":["post-842264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-alley-theatre","tag-arts-culture","tag-avery-belyeu","tag-bradley-michalakis","tag-education","tag-greater-houston-lgbtq-chamber-of-commerce","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-houston","tag-houston-pride","tag-katharine-shilcutt","tag-lgbtq","tag-libby-cohen","tag-local","tag-local-arts","tag-news","tag-pride-month","tag-public-school-funding","tag-raise-your-hand-texas","tag-school-vouchers","tag-tammi-wallace","tag-texas","tag-the-montrose-center","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116688189659782866","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842264","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=842264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842264\/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=842264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}