# City’s Street Vendor Crackdown, Mayoral Quiz, and Belugas at Shedd Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697/city-s-street-vendor-crackdown-mayoral-quiz-and-belugas-at-shedd Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697/city-s-street-vendor-crackdown-mayoral-quiz-and-belugas-at-shedd.md Podcast: [City Cast Chicago](https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697) Published: 2026-07-13T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC4829851597.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC4829851597.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-chicago-1425697/episodes/city-s-street-vendor-crackdown-mayoral-quiz-and-belugas-at-shedd Duration seconds: 2165 ## Resource Chicago is seeing a rise in enforcement against immigrant street vendors. Over the last few months the Street Vendors Association of Chicago has been sounding the alarm on a rise in citations, arrests, and number of carts that have been confiscated by Chicago police officers and city workers. We break down the latest with contributors Leigh Giangreco and Jill Hopkins. Plus, the Shedd Aquarium is welcoming even more beluga whales to the lakefront, and we’ve got a fun way to keep track of everyone running for mayor.  Good News: Fire vs. Vancouver | Sky vs. Seattle Storm  Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our daily newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Learn more about the sponsors of this July 13  episode: Visit Bloomington Destination Madison Newberry Library Become a member of City Cast Chicago. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE  ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-chicago-1425697/episodes/city-s-street-vendor-crackdown-mayoral-quiz-and-belugas-at-shedd/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697/city-s-street-vendor-crackdown-mayoral-quiz-and-belugas-at-shedd.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.