{"id":983311,"date":"2026-08-05T23:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T23:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/983311\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T23:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T23:27:19","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-august-5-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/983311\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (August 5, 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 guest hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/author\/michael-adkison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Adkison<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/donnareedvo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donna Reed<\/a> talk with Brooke Yahney, the Wildlife Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonspca.org\/houston-spca-wildlife-center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston SPCA Wildlife Center<\/a>, who tells us about their work providing emergency care for Houston&#8217;s native wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we hear from Betsy Mayotte, President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/freestudentloanadvice.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Institute of Student Loan Advisors<\/a>, who explains how a recent landmark court decision could help over 500 thousand Americans with student loan debt, who might be eligible, and what borrowers should do next.<\/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, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasobserver.org\/author\/dalyah-jones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DaLyah Jones<\/a>, a Texas journalist and founder of the Preserving Essential Cultures and Narratives (PECAN) project, discusses her essay, which explores the Black woodswomen of deep East Texas, why these women inspire her, and why their stories deserve to be preserved.<\/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\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Commuter Cut,\u201d guest hosts Michael Adkison and Donna&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":[3425,394613,28196,239832,394614,394615,349393,60921,407,6262,9973,10098,472,4345,57309,425,50,358,3187],"class_list":["post-983311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-animals","tag-betsy-mayotte","tag-black-history","tag-black-texans","tag-brooke-yahney","tag-dalyah-jones","tag-donna-reed","tag-east-texas","tag-education","tag-education-news","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-history","tag-houston","tag-houston-spca","tag-local","tag-news","tag-texas","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117045498324416047","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983311","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=983311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983311\/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=983311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=983311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=983311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}