{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Nashville","slug":"city-cast-nashville-6929788","podcast_index_feed_id":6929788,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CC2002452330","website_url":"https://nashville.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/021aca2a-eab9-11ee-9ff2-ebf466277b88/image/ab8c2c0a84bda721b66244cd3f736b0a.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":512,"summary":"Join Marie Cecile Anderson and the City Cast Nashville team every weekday morning as we bring you the day's can't-miss conversation about life in Music City. With the help of local journalists, artists, activists, experts, and everyday residents, we explore this promising, frustrating, still-sorta-small town, where old bumps up against new, natives adapt to transplants, and everybody struggles to navigate the ‘Binge Drinking Tourism Industrial Complex’ that threatens to consume us all. Alongside our daily newsletter, we cover the news and culture of our endlessly growing city from every perspective we can find — including yours. It’s like a backyard barbecue and the whole town’s invited, so whether you’ve lived here for a blink or a lifetime, we hope you’ll pull up a lawn chair and sit a while. Learn more and subscribe to our newsletter at nashville.citycast.fm.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:17.007771+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788"},"episode":{"title":"How Metro Council Nearly Came To Blows This Week. Plus, Happy Pride!","slug":"how-metro-council-nearly-came-to-blows-this-week-plus-happy-pride","published_at":"2026-06-05T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788/how-metro-council-nearly-came-to-blows-this-week-plus-happy-pride","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6050248324.mp3?updated=1780610716","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6050248324.mp3?updated=1780610716","summary":"The annual public budget hearing at Metro Council this week was another marathon session, with over 100 residents lining up to speak for nearly four hours about what they’d like to see in our city’s budget this year. Marie Cecile Anderson, Margaret Kingsbury, and Whitney Pastorek are discussing what they heard from their neighbors on today’s Friday News Roundup. Plus: Why did the council meeting almost come to blows? How’s the zoo feeling about the proposed data center next door? And what’s it gonna take to make Nashville an affordable place to live? In our special bonus segment, Hell Naw, we’re taking on the local middle school that’s named for a segregationist, and hey y’all — Happy Pride Month! Learn more about the sponsors of this June 5th episode: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Visit Tupelo Centennial Park Conservancy Ancient Lore Village Get more from City Cast Nashville when you become a City Cast Nashville Neighbor. You’ll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm/nashville Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our City Cast Nashville newsletter. Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.","meta_description":"The annual public budget hearing at Metro Council this week was another marathon session, with over 100 residents lining up to speak for nearly four hours…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1961,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-nashville-6929788/episodes/how-metro-council-nearly-came-to-blows-this-week-plus-happy-pride/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788/how-metro-council-nearly-came-to-blows-this-week-plus-happy-pride.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}