{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Las Vegas","slug":"city-cast-las-vegas-5262773","podcast_index_feed_id":5262773,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/citycastlasvegas","website_url":"https://lasvegas.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/74769524-a92d-11ec-b251-4b2de8922a3c/image/8e3f45862197b9114dc69aafeabe0851.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":1118,"summary":"City Cast Las Vegas is an an award-winning daily podcast and newsletter created by and for locals (and locals-at-heart) that’ll challenge the easy narratives about our city … and, okay, maybe confirm a few of them, too. Join us every weekday morning for the messy, delightful, complicated conversations that Las Vegans are having: You’ll hear us ask hard questions about where we’ll get our water when Lake Mead runs out, and how we’ll keep housing affordable. We’ll argue over our favorite Chinatown bars, and share insider tips on the best tacos in town. City Cast Las Vegas will show you how loving a city means celebrating it and also holding it accountable, while having some fun along the way—because Las Vegans know how to have a good time. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at lasvegas.citycast.fm. Named Best Podcast by The Las Vegas Weekly 2025","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T14:17:32.704364+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773"},"episode":{"title":"Casino Shooting Plot Foiled? Plus, the Battle to Beat the Heat and New Praise for Vegas","slug":"casino-shooting-plot-foiled-plus-the-battle-to-beat-the-heat-and-new-praise-for-vegas","published_at":"2026-07-02T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773/casino-shooting-plot-foiled-plus-the-battle-to-beat-the-heat-and-new-praise-for-vegas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773","url":"https://lasvegas.citycast.fm/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6538521209.mp3","summary":"Thanks to local authorities, a potential mass shooting was stopped over the weekend at a locals casino in Henderson. The City Cast crew dives into the measures local authorities are taking to protect us from potential threats. Plus, Yvette Fernandez of NPR's Mountain West News Bureau helps us understand how officials across the Mountain West are banding together to improve extreme heat response protocols. Along with Fernandez, Executive Producer Layla Muhammad and host Jesse Merrick also dissect how — and why — Las Vegas was recently named the seventh-best city in the country. Learn more about the sponsors of this Wednesday, July 2nd episode: Neon Museum Want to get in touch? Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram, or email us at lasvegas@citycast.fm. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719. For more Las Vegas news, make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter. Learn more about becoming a City Cast Las Vegas Neighbor at membership.citycast.fm. Looking to advertise on City Cast Las Vegas? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.","meta_description":"Thanks to local authorities, a potential mass shooting was stopped over the weekend at a locals casino in Henderson. The City Cast crew dives into the mea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1981,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773/episodes/casino-shooting-plot-foiled-plus-the-battle-to-beat-the-heat-and-new-praise-for-vegas/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773/casino-shooting-plot-foiled-plus-the-battle-to-beat-the-heat-and-new-praise-for-vegas.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}