{"podcast":{"title":"Baton Rouge News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!","slug":"baton-rouge-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7575259","podcast_index_feed_id":7575259,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fastcast.ai/the-baton-rouge-daily-news-now.xml","website_url":"https://thednn.ai/","image_url":"https://image.fastcast.ai/podcasts/the-baton-rouge-daily-news-now.jpg","author":"The Daily News Now!","episode_count":921,"summary":"Hosted by Corey with the Story, Baton Rouge News Today delivers fast, focused daily updates on the stories shaping Baton Rouge—from local news and business to LSU sports, culture, and community developments. Designed for quick, on-the-go listening, each episode brings you up to speed in minutes. Produced by AI for speed, consistency, and global scale, the show is part of The Daily News Now network—bringing local news to every city in the world and keeping communities connected. Baton Rouge News Today is your daily snapshot of what’s happening across the city. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T10:17:37.731018+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/baton-rouge-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7575259"},"episode":{"title":"Southern University Power Outage | Baton Rouge News","slug":"southern-university-power-outage-baton-rouge-news","published_at":"2026-09-12T07:24:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/baton-rouge-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7575259/southern-university-power-outage-baton-rouge-news","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/baton-rouge-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7575259","url":"https://sources.thednn.ai/ef6c941f744851a4","audio_url":"https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/bf47674a-9dc2-48f6-a12a-59e69a4bd289.mp3","summary":"Southern University’s lights are back on after a weekend outage blamed on a blown transformer at the Clark Activity Center, but this isn’t the first time — previous blackouts have disrupted classes, highlighting a deeper problem: aging infrastructure and limited resources. Without access to advanced diagnostic tools, the university’s maintenance crew struggles to pinpoint issues, prompting Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis to call for a full power study to identify weak spots. With budget constraints and growing campus needs, fixing the electrical system is a top priority — but money and age are making it harder to avoid future outages. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/ef6c941f744851a4","meta_description":"Southern University’s lights are back on after a weekend outage blamed on a blown transformer at the Clark Activity Center, but this isn’t the first time…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":102,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/baton-rouge-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7575259/episodes/southern-university-power-outage-baton-rouge-news/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/baton-rouge-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7575259/southern-university-power-outage-baton-rouge-news.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}