{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Pittsburgh","slug":"city-cast-pittsburgh-4712991","podcast_index_feed_id":4712991,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/citycastpittsburgh","website_url":"https://pittsburgh.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/08ca3b06-5df5-11ec-bca0-7b688233f2b7/image/7edb638a5263471e7b224efa1ff18b6b.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":1114,"summary":"Join Megan Harris and the City Cast Pittsburgh team every weekday morning for a fast-paced daily news podcast that will get you talking and make you question what’s going on here in Western Pennsylvania. City Cast Pittsburgh is a smart new way to connect with neighbors in the Steel City you know and love. Add us to your feeds and subscribe to our daily newsletter, at pittsburgh.citycast.fm.today!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T16:17:10.677993+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-pittsburgh-4712991"},"episode":{"title":"Rick Sebak on Hot Dog Doc, Pittsburgh Rites of Passage & Warhol's Burial Place","slug":"rick-sebak-on-hot-dog-doc-pittsburgh-rites-of-passage-warhol-s-burial-place","published_at":"2026-07-23T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-pittsburgh-4712991/rick-sebak-on-hot-dog-doc-pittsburgh-rites-of-passage-warhol-s-burial-place","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-pittsburgh-4712991","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC3685467729.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC3685467729.mp3","summary":"Beloved documentarian Rick Sebak has spent 50 years in public broadcasting, and WQED is celebrating with a Summer of Sebak marathon. (We'll for sure be tuning in for classics like Kennywood Memories and A Hot Dog Program.) In honor of this milestone, we're bringing back our conversation with the legend himself about where he gets his ideas, the one local story he's still dying to tell, and the rites of passage that make someone a true Pittsburgher. Check out the Summer of Sebak schedule. **This conversation originally published October 11, 2023. Learn more about the sponsor of this Monday, July 23rd episode: YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm. Want more Pittsburgh news?  Sign up for our daily morning newsletter. We’re on Instagram @CityCastPgh. Text or leave us a voicemail at 412-212-8893. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here. ","meta_description":"Beloved documentarian Rick Sebak has spent 50 years in public broadcasting, and WQED is celebrating with a Summer of Sebak marathon. (We'll for sure be tu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1008,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-pittsburgh-4712991/episodes/rick-sebak-on-hot-dog-doc-pittsburgh-rites-of-passage-warhol-s-burial-place/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-pittsburgh-4712991/rick-sebak-on-hot-dog-doc-pittsburgh-rites-of-passage-warhol-s-burial-place.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}