{"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":"North Carolina budget expands use of license plate readers as communities raise privacy concerns","slug":"north-carolina-budget-expands-use-of-license-plate-readers-as-communities-raise-privacy-concerns","published_at":"2026-08-18T14:53:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/north-carolina-budget-expands-use-of-license-plate-readers-as-communities-raise-privacy-concerns","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304","url":"https://www.wfae.org/show/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2026-08-17/north-carolina-budget-expands-use-of-license-plate-readers-as-communities-raise-privacy-concerns","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s380/audio/2026/08/ctpod20260818.mp3","summary":"Automatic License Plate Readers, ALPRs, have recently come under scrutiny. Police have considered them a force multiplier capable of solving serious crimes faster. Communities across the country, though, have raised privacy concerns regarding the technology. We'll look at how they're used here in the region.","meta_description":"Automatic License Plate Readers, ALPRs, have recently come under scrutiny. Police have considered them a force multiplier capable of solving serious crime…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3016,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/episodes/north-carolina-budget-expands-use-of-license-plate-readers-as-communities-raise-privacy-concerns/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/north-carolina-budget-expands-use-of-license-plate-readers-as-communities-raise-privacy-concerns.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}