{"id":937540,"date":"2026-07-15T22:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/937540\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:57:25","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-july-15-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/937540\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (July 15, 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; Ernie and guest host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/buzz_lady\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roseann Rogers<\/a> talk with Texas Tribune reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/author\/zach-despart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Despart<\/a>, who discusses Texas AG Ken Paxton\u2019s recent voter fraud allegations despite his calls to crack down on illegal voting in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Next, we hear from actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0677680\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Petkoff<\/a>, who tells us all about the national tour of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehobbycenter.org\/events\/moulin-rouge-the-musical-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moulin Rouge The Musical<\/a>, which is currently playing at the Hobby Center through Sunday, July 19, and playing the role of Harold Zidler.<\/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, Cedric Walker, the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universoulcircus.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UniverSoul Circus<\/a>, a circus experience that celebrates Black culture, talks to us about the history of the circus, the work it does in the community, and how its performers engage with the audience during the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut In today&#8217;s edition of &#8220;The Commuter Cut,&#8221; Ernie and guest host Roseann Rogers&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":[9971,377657,78563,9973,10098,4345,377658,18880,425,92808,50,96739,7260,80,377659,377660,358,3187,377661,56719,377662,333,377663],"class_list":["post-937540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-arts-culture","tag-cedric-walker","tag-circus","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-houston","tag-illegal-voting","tag-ken-paxton","tag-local","tag-moulin-rouge-the-musical","tag-news","tag-opera-musical-theater","tag-performing-arts","tag-politics","tag-robert-petkoff","tag-roseann-rogers","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-universoul-circus","tag-voter-fraud","tag-voter-fraud-allegations","tag-voting","tag-zach-despart"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116926470520055813","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937540","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=937540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937540\/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=937540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}