{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Madison","slug":"city-cast-madison-5852148","podcast_index_feed_id":5852148,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/citycastmadison","website_url":"https://madison.citycast.fm","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b92b01d0-5a00-11ed-a981-d3488513eddd/image/3442a071c6e0181b9d7ef6a1dbd75f33.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":950,"summary":"Join the City Cast Madison team every weekday morning for can’t-miss conversations about what’s happening in Madison, with a dose of local news to keep you up to speed. Host Bianca Martin collects people wherever she goes, like an endless conga line. She peers into our city’s soul with a journalist’s skepticism and an optimist’s heart. Whether you’re an OG Madisonian or a newcomer, all neighbors are welcome here. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter, at madison.citycast.fm.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T16:22:42.257349+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-madison-5852148"},"episode":{"title":"Summer Buggin’, Mayoral Announcement, and Parasites in Produce","slug":"summer-buggin-mayoral-announcement-and-parasites-in-produce","published_at":"2026-07-17T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-madison-5852148/summer-buggin-mayoral-announcement-and-parasites-in-produce","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-madison-5852148","url":"https://madison.citycast.fm/","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC8765508155.mp3","summary":"On top of the heat and the smoke, Madison had been pretty buggy this summer. Host Bianca Martin and executive producer Hayley Sperling chat with Wisconsin’s Bug Guy extraordinaire PJ Liesch, director of the Insect Diagnostic Lab at UW-Madison, to learn about what’s up in Madison’s insect world, plus how worried we should be about that case of West Nile Virus. Then Bianca and Hayley dig into Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway reelection announcement and the parasite on our produce wreaking havoc on stomachs across the nation. Mentioned on the show: Wisconsin Insect Fest [Olbrich Center] West Nile virus found in Wisconsin: What to know [Cap Times] Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway to announce reelection bid Thursday [Wisconsin State Journal] Pete Buttigieg Happy Hour [Act Blue] Authorities Investigate Taco Bell and lettuce as  cyclosporiasis  outbreak surges [Washington Post] Preventing Cyclosporiasis [FDA]  👋 Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We’re also on Instagram!  👀 While you’re here…take our annual audience survey! It’s just a few minutes of your time and it will help us make better shows and newsletters to better serve you. Plus, anyone who takes the survey will be eligible to win a $250 Visa gift card and City Cast City swag. 📧 You can get more Madison news delivered right to your inbox by subscribing to the City Cast Madison morning newsletter.  🏠 Get more from City Cast Madison when you become a City Cast Madison Neighbor. You’ll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events, and more. Join the City Cast Madison Neighbors program! Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads. Learn more about t…","meta_description":"On top of the heat and the smoke, Madison had been pretty buggy this summer. Host Bianca Martin and executive producer Hayley Sperling chat with Wisc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2037,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-madison-5852148/episodes/summer-buggin-mayoral-announcement-and-parasites-in-produce/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-madison-5852148/summer-buggin-mayoral-announcement-and-parasites-in-produce.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}