In today's edition of "The Commuter Cut," we discuss the current state of crime here in Houston with criminal justice professors Jay Coons and Dr. Beth Gilmore, who both help us make sense of the numbers and the narratives behind them.

Also, we hear Frank and special guest hosts Chau Nguyen and Doug Miller talk with Dave Vance and Janine Cloud of the Houston-area DNA testing company FamilyTreeDNA, who tell us about some of the amazing things happening in DNA research.