{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Chicago","slug":"city-cast-chicago-1425697","podcast_index_feed_id":1425697,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/citycastchicago","website_url":"https://www.citycast.fm/chicago/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3d1280f6-8201-11eb-9ffc-1fbaa11f866e/image/22d679dc385758604a82cd0de90fd90f.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":1317,"summary":"Chicago’s daily news podcast, fresh every weekday morning. Host Jacoby Cochran brings you timely conversations with news and culture makers; activists and artists; bus drivers and students; those who love and hate this place. City Cast Chicago is a smart and delightful new way to connect with the city we share. Learn more and subscribe to our newsletter at chicago.citycast.fm. Named Best Podcast by Chicago Reader 2022","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697"},"episode":{"title":"How Close Are Bears to New Stadium? Plus, Bulls Clean House","slug":"how-close-are-bears-to-new-stadium-plus-bulls-clean-house","published_at":"2026-04-24T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697/how-close-are-bears-to-new-stadium-plus-bulls-clean-house","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697","url":"https://chicago.citycast.fm/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC3142757642.mp3?updated=1776982836","summary":"State lawmakers are rushing to finalize a megaproject bill for the Bears’ stadium proposal in Arlington Heights. But ⁠what is exactly in this proposal⁠ — and who’s winning the battle for leverage? We break down the latest with Axios’ Justin Kaufmann and Block Club’s Chicago Mack Liederman. Plus: CTA is ⁠adding more armed cops⁠ to platforms, the ⁠Bulls seem directionless⁠, and the ⁠Sox’s new slugger⁠ is breaking records. Good News: ⁠Independent Bookstore Crawl⁠ Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our ⁠daily newsletter⁠. Follow us⁠ @citycastchicago⁠ You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Learn more about the sponsors of this Friday, April 24 episode: ⁠Enjoy Illinois⁠ ⁠ComEd⁠ ⁠Become a member of City Cast Chicago⁠.Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info⁠ HERE⁠","meta_description":"State lawmakers are rushing to finalize a megaproject bill for the Bears’ stadium proposal in Arlington Heights. But ⁠what is exactly in this proposal⁠ —…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2322,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-chicago-1425697/episodes/how-close-are-bears-to-new-stadium-plus-bulls-clean-house/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697/how-close-are-bears-to-new-stadium-plus-bulls-clean-house.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}