{"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":"‘Your City Could Be Better’: How Las Vegas Is Handling Record-Breaking Heat","slug":"your-city-could-be-better-how-las-vegas-is-handling-record-breaking-heat","published_at":"2026-09-13T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773/your-city-could-be-better-how-las-vegas-is-handling-record-breaking-heat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC1217320255.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC1217320255.mp3","summary":"It was another brutal summer in Las Vegas, but local government took recent record-breaking temps as a serious threat and is already rolling out protections for locals like you. Jesse Merrick joins “Your City Could Be Better” to talk about the bold moves of Nevada’s lawmakers, like mandating heat mitigation and giving away trees, and how some time-tested strategies still need to be tweaked as rising global temperatures present new problems every day. Mentioned on the show: Europe’s 10,000 recorded deaths during June 2026 heatwave Is there something your city is doing that we should be talking about? Email David now!  We’re also on Instagram: @yourcitycouldbebetter Looking to advertise on Your City Could Be Better? Check out our options.","meta_description":"It was another brutal summer in Las Vegas, but local government took recent record-breaking temps as a serious threat and is already rolling out protectio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1621,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773/episodes/your-city-could-be-better-how-las-vegas-is-handling-record-breaking-heat/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/your-city-could-be-better-how-las-vegas-is-handling-record-breaking-heat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}