# Friday, April 24th, 2026 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/here-first-3071566/friday-april-24th-2026 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/here-first-3071566/friday-april-24th-2026.md Podcast: [Here First](https://stenobird.com/podcast/here-first-3071566) Published: 2026-04-24T11:45:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/here-first/2026-04-24/friday-april-24th-2026 Audio file: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/4c9587f2-e550-4709-b293-ad0300ce922d/6e089abc-d3c0-4a25-9f08-ad1e013536e3/0841c27b-a658-46c7-b12c-b43600bd5b63/audio.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/here-first-3071566/episodes/friday-april-24th-2026 Duration seconds: 516 ## Resource Iowans could see an extra tax on alternative nicotine products under a bill in the legislature. A survey shows staff at the state's public universities don't feel as free to express their viewpoints like they did in the previous years. And how has more extreme weather impacted farmers and ranchers? ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/here-first-3071566/episodes/friday-april-24th-2026/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/here-first-3071566/friday-april-24th-2026.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.