{"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":"Pearl District Bar Asks for More Police, Housing Leadership Shakeup, and Is Powell’s Selling ‘AI Slop’?","slug":"pearl-district-bar-asks-for-more-police-housing-leadership-shakeup-and-is-powell-s-selling-ai-slop","published_at":"2026-05-20T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/pearl-district-bar-asks-for-more-police-housing-leadership-shakeup-and-is-powell-s-selling-ai-slop","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC2131084244.mp3?updated=1779237257","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC2131084244.mp3?updated=1779237257","summary":"Today we're talking about what a shooting at a Pearl District bar reveals about security in the central part of our city, the ever-changing leadership at our regional housing agencies, and the accusations that Powell’s Books is selling AI slop. Joining host Claudia Meza are Stumptown Savings founder Bryan M. Vance and our very own executive producer, John Notarianni. Discussed in today's episode: River Pig Saloon owner speaks out after violent crimes outside business: 'Frustrates me, my staff, the neighborhood, everyone' [KGW8] Troubled Portland Housing Bureau names 3rd leader in 6 months [Oregonian] No Hawaii trip this year for Portland housing authority staff, new boss says [Oregonian] Powell's is selling AI slop books (in case you didn't already know) [Reddit] 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 20th episode: Gard Communications Community Energy Project OMSI","meta_description":"Today we're talking about what a shooting at a Pearl District bar reveals about security in the central part of our city, the ever-changing leadership at…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1895,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-portland-5822554/episodes/pearl-district-bar-asks-for-more-police-housing-leadership-shakeup-and-is-powell-s-selling-ai-slop/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/pearl-district-bar-asks-for-more-police-housing-leadership-shakeup-and-is-powell-s-selling-ai-slop.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}