{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Portland","slug":"city-cast-portland-5822554","podcast_index_feed_id":5822554,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/citycastportland","website_url":"https://portland.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bc44a83a-3444-11ed-8131-b3b843d0d8cc/image/1c6f253f9eff8100435d93459e8c4fcd.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":863,"summary":"City Cast Portland captures the one-of-a-kind creative spirit of this place and tackles who we are and where we’re going — from big deals, like equity and livability, to tiny delights, like the city's most wonderful doughnut. Host Claudia Meza is so over the notion that ‘Portland is over.’ On the show, she’ll revive your civic pride and stir you to help create local change — through conversations with neighbors, newsmakers, artists and entrepreneurs about our ever-changing city. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at portland.citycast.fm.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554"},"episode":{"title":"Controversial Homeless Provider on the Chopping Block, Primary Procrastinators’ Guide, and Mailbag","slug":"controversial-homeless-provider-on-the-chopping-block-primary-procrastinators-guide-and-mailbag","published_at":"2026-05-19T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/controversial-homeless-provider-on-the-chopping-block-primary-procrastinators-guide-and-mailbag","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC8250597277.mp3?updated=1779200961","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC8250597277.mp3?updated=1779200961","summary":"It's primary election day! We're talking about the Metro Council races, as well as a proposed city budget amendment that would stop funding Portland’s largest homeless services provider. Plus, we'll dig into our mailbag to hear from you, our listeners. Joining City Cast Portland host Claudia Meza are KBOO news director, Althea Billings, and our very own senior producer, Giulia Fiaoni. Discussed in today's episode: Proposed budget amendment would require search for contractor to replace Urban Alchemy [KATU2] What to know about the Metro Council races [OPB] Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up here. Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at portland@citycast.fm, or leave us a voicemail at 503-208-5448. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter and be sure to follow us on Instagram. Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about the sponsors of this May 19th episode: Gard Communications Community Energy Project OMSI","meta_description":"It's primary election day! We're talking about the Metro Council races, as well as a proposed city budget amendment that would stop funding Portland’s lar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2428,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-portland-5822554/episodes/controversial-homeless-provider-on-the-chopping-block-primary-procrastinators-guide-and-mailbag/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/controversial-homeless-provider-on-the-chopping-block-primary-procrastinators-guide-and-mailbag.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}