{"id":906402,"date":"2026-07-01T23:28:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/906402\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T23:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:28:25","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-july-1-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/906402\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (July 1, 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 Gina Plata-Nino, the SNAP Director at the <a href=\"https:\/\/frac.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Food Research and Action Center<\/a>, who discusses a new report that examines how changes to SNAP policies are impacting recipients.<\/p>\n<p>Next, we learn about the Bayou Bend exhibition &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfah.org\/art\/exhibitions\/george-washington-americas-enduring-icon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Washington: America&#8217;s Enduring Icon<\/a>,&#8221; with Daniel Kurt Ackermann, the Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfah.org\/visit\/bayou-bend\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens<\/a>, who also discusses how Americans view the nation&#8217;s first president today.<\/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 hear from Evelyn Garcia and Henry Lu, the chefs behind the Houston-area restaurant J\u016aN, who both share the story of how they went from being ambitious newcomers to the top of Texas\u2019 culinary world, having also recently earned one of the restaurant industry\u2019s highest honors, the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Texas.<\/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":[20181,204208,204211,246805,990,366797,59915,366798,366799,1213,9973,10098,287900,472,4345,366800,24947,52944,425,50,6974,7167,366801,358,3187],"class_list":["post-906402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-american-history","tag-bayou-bend-collection-and-gardens","tag-daniel-ackermann","tag-evelyn-garcia","tag-food","tag-food-research-and-action-center","tag-george-washington","tag-george-washington-americas-enduring-icon","tag-gina-plata-nino","tag-health-science","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-henry-lu","tag-history","tag-houston","tag-houston-james-beard-award-winners","tag-jun","tag-katharine-shilcutt","tag-local","tag-news","tag-snap","tag-snap-benefits","tag-snap-restrictions","tag-texas","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116847321170277542","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906402","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=906402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906402\/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=906402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}