# What Do We Do About Aurora? It’s Complicated Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-seattle-7559094/what-do-we-do-about-aurora-it-s-complicated Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-seattle-7559094/what-do-we-do-about-aurora-it-s-complicated.md Podcast: [City Cast Seattle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-seattle-7559094) Published: 2026-07-16T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC8741880512.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC8741880512.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-seattle-7559094/episodes/what-do-we-do-about-aurora-it-s-complicated Duration seconds: 2404 ## Resource Today on the podcast, we dig into the issues surrounding Aurora Avenue. Aurora has a long and complicated history, and more recently, local residents’ relationship to one northern section of the road has only gotten more so: the section of the road between 85th and 105th streets experiences frequent gunfire, which some believe is rooted in sex trafficking. Earlier this summer, neighbors, dissatisfied with the city's response, took matters into their own hands and placed makeshift barriers blocking through traffic on their streets. We wanted to hear from some of those neighbors directly, so host Jane C. Hu and producer Sam J. Leeds talk with a community advocate who led a walk of Aurora for local community members and lawmakers, a sex worker impacted by the city’s policing efforts, and a resident reimagining the future of Aurora.   Learn more about the sponsors of this July 16th episode: Seattle Theatre Group Want to get in touch? Follow us @CityCastSeattle on Instagram, or email us at seattle@citycast.fm. You can also call or text us at 206-880-3931. For more Seattle news, make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter, City Cast Seattle. Support City Cast Seattle by becoming a member: membership.citycast.fm/seattle Looking to advertise on City Cast Seattle? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-seattle-7559094/episodes/what-do-we-do-about-aurora-it-s-complicated/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-seattle-7559094/what-do-we-do-about-aurora-it-s-complicated.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.