{"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":954,"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":"2026-09-17T22:17:17.860580+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554"},"episode":{"title":"The Best Summer Food Events, Portland Vs. Chicago Dining, and Clackamas County's $200K Scandal","slug":"the-best-summer-food-events-portland-vs-chicago-dining-and-clackamas-county-s-200k-scandal","published_at":"2026-06-29T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/the-best-summer-food-events-portland-vs-chicago-dining-and-clackamas-county-s-200k-scandal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6413734339.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6413734339.mp3","summary":"A Clackamas County official is accused of stealing over $200,000 of tax payer money. Plus, we have picks for the best summer food events and a highly scientific comparison of the Portland and Chicago dining scenes. Joining City Cast Portland host Claudia Meza are local food reporters Brooke Jackson-Glidden and Alex Frane. Discussed in today's episode: Fired pest control official accused of stealing $200K to buy drones, other goods to keep or sell [Oregonian] 6th Annual Tomato Fest Summer Supper 2026 9th Annual PDX Hot Sauce Expo Donald Daze Hazelnut Festival North Plains Elephant Garlic Hermiston Melon Fest 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.","meta_description":"A Clackamas County official is accused of stealing over $200,000 of tax payer money. Plus, we have picks for the best summer food events and a highly scie…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1971,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-portland-5822554/episodes/the-best-summer-food-events-portland-vs-chicago-dining-and-clackamas-county-s-200k-scandal/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/the-best-summer-food-events-portland-vs-chicago-dining-and-clackamas-county-s-200k-scandal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}