# Are Nashville’s Influencers Hurting Small Businesses? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788/are-nashville-s-influencers-hurting-small-businesses Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788/are-nashville-s-influencers-hurting-small-businesses.md Podcast: [City Cast Nashville](https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788) Published: 2026-05-27T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC3181222388.mp3?updated=1779826698 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC3181222388.mp3?updated=1779826698 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-nashville-6929788/episodes/are-nashville-s-influencers-hurting-small-businesses Duration seconds: 1648 ## Resource Earlier this year, HiFi Cookies owner Sean Newsome posted a plea on social media for influencers to better understand the challenges small businesses are facing before reaching out to demand a collab. He’s sitting down with Marie Cecile Anderson to elaborate on the problem, tell us how he came to make some of the best cookies in Nashville, and preview a new concert series happening at his Porter Road shop. Learn more about the sponsors of this May 27th episode: Ancient Lore Village If you enjoyed this interview with Supriya Sundaram, the director of growth marketing for TaskRabbit, learn more here. Get more from City Cast Nashville when you become a City Cast Nashville Neighbor. You’ll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm/nashville Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Nashville newsletter. Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-nashville-6929788/episodes/are-nashville-s-influencers-hurting-small-businesses/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788/are-nashville-s-influencers-hurting-small-businesses.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.