{"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":"Why Some Oregon Students Lose 3 Years of Schooling, Deadline Tonight to Vote In May, and Portland’s Best Music Fests","slug":"why-some-oregon-students-lose-3-years-of-schooling-deadline-tonight-to-vote-in-may-and-portland-s-best-music-fests","published_at":"2026-04-28T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/why-some-oregon-students-lose-3-years-of-schooling-deadline-tonight-to-vote-in-may-and-portland-s-best-music-fests","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC3400514325.mp3?updated=1777335669","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC3400514325.mp3?updated=1777335669","summary":"We’re talking about how Oregon schools rank very low when it comes to hours of instruction time, what you need to know about the primary election and why it’s important, and which summer music festivals should be on your radar. Joining City Cast Portland host Claudia Meza are KBOO news director Althea Billings and Portland Mercury music editor Nolan Parker. Discussed in today's episode: Enormous variation in school instructional time for Oregon students, according to new data tool [OPB] More than 1 million Oregonians won’t get to vote in hot May primary races. Here’s how you can [OPB] Breaking: Portland Mercury to Host “Party of the Year” May 14 [Portland Mercury] It’s our spring membership drive! Get more from City Cast Portland when you become a City Cast Portland Neighbor. You’ll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm/portland. Learn more about the sponsors of this April 28th episode: League of Women's Voters Visit Central Oregon","meta_description":"We’re talking about how Oregon schools rank very low when it comes to hours of instruction time, what you need to know about the primary election and why…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1967,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-portland-5822554/episodes/why-some-oregon-students-lose-3-years-of-schooling-deadline-tonight-to-vote-in-may-and-portland-s-best-music-fests/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/why-some-oregon-students-lose-3-years-of-schooling-deadline-tonight-to-vote-in-may-and-portland-s-best-music-fests.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}