Episode
‘Your City Could Be Better’: How Las Vegas Is Handling Record-Breaking Heat
- Podcast
- City Cast Las Vegas
- Published
- Sep 13, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1621
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC1217320255.mp3
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773/episodes/your-city-could-be-better-how-las-vegas-is-handling-record-breaking-heat/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773/your-city-could-be-better-how-las-vegas-is-handling-record-breaking-heat.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
It was another brutal summer in Las Vegas, but local government took recent record-breaking temps as a serious threat and is already rolling out protections for locals like you. Jesse Merrick joins “Your City Could Be Better” to talk about the bold moves of Nevada’s lawmakers, like mandating heat mitigation and giving away trees, and how some time-tested strategies still need to be tweaked as rising global temperatures present new problems every day. Mentioned on the show: Europe’s 10,000 recorded deaths during June 2026 heatwave Is there something your city is doing that we should be talking about? Email David now! We’re also on Instagram: @yourcitycouldbebetter Looking to advertise on Your City Could Be Better? Check out our options.