{"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":"'Your City Could Be Better': How Chicago's Libraries Meet Community Needs — Presented By City Cast Nashville","slug":"your-city-could-be-better-how-chicago-s-libraries-meet-community-needs-presented-by-city-cast-nashville","published_at":"2026-05-31T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788/your-city-could-be-better-how-chicago-s-libraries-meet-community-needs-presented-by-city-cast-nashville","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC3085750766.mp3?updated=1780006664","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC3085750766.mp3?updated=1780006664","summary":"Where would Nashville be without its libraries? Chicago is opening its 82nd public library branch in June, and loaning out books is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what these institutions offer residents. City Cast CEO David Plotz talks with City Cast Chicago podcast host Jacoby Cochran about how Chicago’s libraries have evolved to meet community needs, from opening a food pantry inside a branch to turning student IDs into automatic library cards — and how they could be even better. Plus, are the Chicago Bears still the Chicago Bears if they move to Indiana? 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":"Where would Nashville be without its libraries? Chicago is opening its 82nd public library branch in June, and loaning out books is just the tip of the ic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1903,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-nashville-6929788/episodes/your-city-could-be-better-how-chicago-s-libraries-meet-community-needs-presented-by-city-cast-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/your-city-could-be-better-how-chicago-s-libraries-meet-community-needs-presented-by-city-cast-nashville.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}