{"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":"Primary Election Predictions, Multnomah Judge Ballot Battle, and an Alberta St. Food Crawl","slug":"primary-election-predictions-multnomah-judge-ballot-battle-and-an-alberta-st-food-crawl","published_at":"2026-05-18T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/primary-election-predictions-multnomah-judge-ballot-battle-and-an-alberta-st-food-crawl","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6270262623.mp3?updated=1778895001","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6270262623.mp3?updated=1778895001","summary":"Today on City Cast Portland, we're talking about the primary election: the governor’s race, the gas tax repeal vote, and possibly the most Multnomah County judge races we’ve seen on a single ballot. Plus, we have a food and drink tour of the Alberta Arts District. Joining City Cast Portland host Claudia Meza are Portland political strategist Jake Wiegler and food and drink reporter Alex Frane. Discussed in today's episode: Christine Drazan holds sizable lead in GOP race for Oregon governor, new poll suggests [OPB] Oregon Democrats found a way to improve roads. Now their gas tax goes before voters as prices soar [The Associated Press] Portland’s DA froze an elected judge out of serious cases. Legal experts are divided on his reasoning [Oregonian] 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 18th episode: Gard Communications Community Energy Project OMSI","meta_description":"Today on City Cast Portland, we're talking about the primary election: the governor’s race, the gas tax repeal vote, and possibly the most Multnomah Count…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2061,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-portland-5822554/episodes/primary-election-predictions-multnomah-judge-ballot-battle-and-an-alberta-st-food-crawl/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/primary-election-predictions-multnomah-judge-ballot-battle-and-an-alberta-st-food-crawl.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}