{"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":"These Middle Schoolers Want To Design a Better Nashville","slug":"these-middle-schoolers-want-to-design-a-better-nashville","published_at":"2026-05-18T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788/these-middle-schoolers-want-to-design-a-better-nashville","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788","url":"https://nashville.citycast.fm/","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC5437086162.mp3?updated=1778872111","summary":"As Metro Nashville Public Schools wind down for the summer this week, we’re checking in with middle schoolers who’ve been learning about housing and transportation through the Civic Design Center’s “Design Your Neighborhood” podcasting program. Marie Cecile Anderson is joined by four students to hear their unique perspectives on how they would plan our city differently if they were in charge: Salman and Melany from Wright Middle, and Townes and Aubriahna from Cresswell Middle. Learn more about the sponsors of this May 18th episode: Window Nation Andrew Jackson's Hermitage 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 Hey 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":"As Metro Nashville Public Schools wind down for the summer this week, we’re checking in with middle schoolers who’ve been learning about housing and trans…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1612,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-nashville-6929788/episodes/these-middle-schoolers-want-to-design-a-better-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/these-middle-schoolers-want-to-design-a-better-nashville.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}