{"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":543,"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":"2026-07-20T16:20:17.635673+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788"},"episode":{"title":"The Enslaved People Who Built Nashville","slug":"the-enslaved-people-who-built-nashville","published_at":"2026-06-29T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788/the-enslaved-people-who-built-nashville","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC1632859554.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC1632859554.mp3","summary":"Here's a piece of history you probably didn't learn in school: The city of Nashville once owned enslaved people. Historian and contributor Betsy Phillips joins us to share their stories and discuss how our city is beginning to recognize their contributions and honor their legacy, including the recent installation of a memorial bench at City Cemetery. Content warning: This episode includes historical discussions of slavery and the lived experiences of enslaved people that some listeners may find difficult. Please listen with care. Learn more about the sponsors of this June 29th episode: Adventure Science Center 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":"Here's a piece of history you probably didn't learn in school: The city of Nashville once owned enslaved people. Historian and contributor Betsy Phillips…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1789,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-nashville-6929788/episodes/the-enslaved-people-who-built-nashville/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/the-enslaved-people-who-built-nashville.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}