{"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":"Local News Roundup: More CMS leadership issues; Trump stumps for Whatley; Charlotte may flip on I-77; WTA comes to the Queen City","slug":"local-news-roundup-more-cms-leadership-issues-trump-stumps-for-whatley-charlotte-may-flip-on-i-77-wta-comes-to-the-queen-city","published_at":"2026-09-18T16:26:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/local-news-roundup-more-cms-leadership-issues-trump-stumps-for-whatley-charlotte-may-flip-on-i-77-wta-comes-to-the-queen-city","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304","url":"https://www.wfae.org/show/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2026-09-17/local-news-roundup-more-cms-leadership-issues-trump-stumps-for-whatley-charlotte-may-flip-on-i-77-wta-comes-to-the-queen-city","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s380/audio/2026/09/ctpod20260918.mp3","summary":"The back-and-forth between CMS leaders continues. President Donald Trump stumps in Gastonia for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley. Charlotte City Council may reverse its vote opposing the I-77 toll lanes, and the Women’s Tennis Association is moving its headquarters to Charlotte. Those stories and more with our roundtable of reporters.","meta_description":"The back-and-forth between CMS leaders continues. President Donald Trump stumps in Gastonia for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley. Charlott…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3088,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/episodes/local-news-roundup-more-cms-leadership-issues-trump-stumps-for-whatley-charlotte-may-flip-on-i-77-wta-comes-to-the-queen-city/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/local-news-roundup-more-cms-leadership-issues-trump-stumps-for-whatley-charlotte-may-flip-on-i-77-wta-comes-to-the-queen-city.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}