{"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":"‘Out of This Strife’ author argues free people of color played a major role in Civil War","slug":"out-of-this-strife-author-argues-free-people-of-color-played-a-major-role-in-civil-war","published_at":"2026-06-17T12:30:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/out-of-this-strife-author-argues-free-people-of-color-played-a-major-role-in-civil-war","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304","url":"https://www.wfae.org/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2026-06-17/out-of-this-strife-author-argues-free-people-of-color-played-a-major-role-in-civil-war","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s380/audio/2026/06/ctpod20260616.mp3","summary":"The Civil War was the deadliest conflict in American history. Yet more than 160 years later, its legacy is still being written, and one historian argues a key part of that legacy involves free people of color. At the beginning of the war, nearly half a million people of color were free, and he says their stories ultimately helped lay the groundwork for a more expansive vision of American freedom.","meta_description":"The Civil War was the deadliest conflict in American history. Yet more than 160 years later, its legacy is still being written, and one historian argues a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2998,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/episodes/out-of-this-strife-author-argues-free-people-of-color-played-a-major-role-in-civil-war/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/out-of-this-strife-author-argues-free-people-of-color-played-a-major-role-in-civil-war.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}