{"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":"2026-06-09T06:27:18.279193+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304"},"episode":{"title":"Building Charlotte: Can the construction industry balance opportunity and uncertainty?","slug":"building-charlotte-can-the-construction-industry-balance-opportunity-and-uncertainty","published_at":"2026-04-21T14:27:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/building-charlotte-can-the-construction-industry-balance-opportunity-and-uncertainty","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304","url":"https://www.wfae.org/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2026-04-21/building-charlotte-can-the-construction-industry-balance-opportunity-and-uncertainty","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s380/audio/2026/04/ctpod20260421.mp3","summary":"Charlotte is growing, but the construction industry is facing headwinds as they try to keep up. The industry is staring down a mix of challenges from rising costs, tariffs and workforce shortages. There's also opportunities, like how to implement artificial intelligence. We check in on an industry navigating change in a constantly evolving region.","meta_description":"Charlotte is growing, but the construction industry is facing headwinds as they try to keep up. The industry is staring down a mix of challenges from risi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3001,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/episodes/building-charlotte-can-the-construction-industry-balance-opportunity-and-uncertainty/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/building-charlotte-can-the-construction-industry-balance-opportunity-and-uncertainty.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}