{"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":"Back to school: Trump administration calls for separate MMR shots, plus other school news around the region","slug":"back-to-school-trump-administration-calls-for-separate-mmr-shots-plus-other-school-news-around-the-region","published_at":"2026-08-19T14:46:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/back-to-school-trump-administration-calls-for-separate-mmr-shots-plus-other-school-news-around-the-region","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304","url":"https://www.wfae.org/show/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2026-08-18/back-to-school-trump-administration-calls-for-separate-mmr-shots-plus-other-school-news-around-the-region","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s380/audio/2026/08/ctpod20260819.mp3","summary":"Last week, President Trump signed an executive order that would reduce the number of childhood vaccines recommended for all children by the federal government. We discuss what parents need to know. We’ll also talk with two education reporters about what’s happening around the region.","meta_description":"Last week, President Trump signed an executive order that would reduce the number of childhood vaccines recommended for all children by the federal govern…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3073,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/episodes/back-to-school-trump-administration-calls-for-separate-mmr-shots-plus-other-school-news-around-the-region/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/back-to-school-trump-administration-calls-for-separate-mmr-shots-plus-other-school-news-around-the-region.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}