{"podcast":{"title":"Charlotte Talks With Mike Collins","slug":"charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304","podcast_index_feed_id":6469304,"rss_url":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/charlottetalksonwfae","website_url":"https://www.wfae.org/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins","image_url":"http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wfae/files/201802/CTtheremix.jpg","author":"WFAE","episode_count":20,"summary":"Launched in April 1998, Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins has become the region's exclusive forum for the discussion of politics, arts, culture, social issues, literature, human interest, the environment and more. If something is of interest to the Charlotte region, listeners and leaders know the topic is bound to be discussed on Charlotte Talks. Follow along: @CharlotteTalks.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T14:20:38.427358+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304"},"episode":{"title":"After another blow, the state of local news in Charlotte","slug":"after-another-blow-the-state-of-local-news-in-charlotte","published_at":"2026-09-16T15:06:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/after-another-blow-the-state-of-local-news-in-charlotte","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304","url":"https://www.wfae.org/show/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2026-09-15/after-another-blow-the-state-of-local-news-in-charlotte","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s380/audio/2026/09/ctpod20260916.mp3","summary":"Local news in trouble. The media landscape here took another hit last week as McClatchy, the parent company of the Charlotte Observer, eliminated a quarter of its newsroom. This comes after years of downsizing at the paper, and McClatchy is doing the same across its properties nationwide. What this means and what, if anything, can be done to keep news healthy.","meta_description":"Local news in trouble. The media landscape here took another hit last week as McClatchy, the parent company of the Charlotte Observer, eliminated a quarte…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3089,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/episodes/after-another-blow-the-state-of-local-news-in-charlotte/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/after-another-blow-the-state-of-local-news-in-charlotte.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}