{"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': Meet Nashville's Rogue Bench Builders","slug":"your-city-could-be-better-meet-nashville-s-rogue-bench-builders","published_at":"2026-04-26T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788/your-city-could-be-better-meet-nashville-s-rogue-bench-builders","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-nashville-6929788","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC2910293435.mp3?updated=1776970815","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC2910293435.mp3?updated=1776970815","summary":"Are DIY urban projects the key to improving the infrastructure in Nashville — and beyond? The grassroots group To Nashville, With Love has built and installed 60 benches at bus stops around the city, all without government approval. City Cast CEO David Plotz talks with City Cast Nashville host Marie Cecile Anderson about what this guerrilla campaign is doing, why it’s gotten pushback from the city, and where Nashville’s Tactical Urbanism program fits into all this. Plus, the unique challenges of Nashville tourism. Mentioned on the show: \"Who Put Benches at Nashville Bus Stops — and Why Did the City Remove Them?\" (City Cast Nashville) \"Guerrilla Public Service Redux\" (99% Invisible) 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":"Are DIY urban projects the key to improving the infrastructure in Nashville — and beyond? The grassroots group To Nashville, With Love has built and insta…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1511,"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-meet-nashville-s-rogue-bench-builders/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-meet-nashville-s-rogue-bench-builders.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}