In today’s edition of “The Commuter Cut,” we discuss how you can protect your pipes from the freezing weather with Joe Bany, director of operations at John Moore Services, who also takes questions from Hello Houston listeners.

Then, Andrea Leinfelder, the space reporter for the Houston Chronicle, joins us to tell us about Congress approving a $24.4 billion budget for NASA, what impact this could have on the agency's future, and what we know about the upcoming Artemis II mission.

Plus, we also learn about the closure of an oyster harvesting area in Matagorda Bay, from Kelley Kowal, the regional director of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Coastal Fisheries Division, who also explains what factors hinder oyster habitats.