{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Salt Lake","slug":"city-cast-salt-lake-4560798","podcast_index_feed_id":4560798,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/citycastsaltlake","website_url":"https://saltlake.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f87178ea-56cf-11ec-b7bb-37fb3289f361/image/afce44a86e6de1a692798e09f15421f3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":1119,"summary":"City Cast Salt Lake is SLC’s daily news podcast. Join host Ali Vallarta and a bevy of smart and entertaining locals for conversations about the issues that matter most. City Cast Salt Lake will celebrate the city’s triumphs, explore its history, (try to) solve its mysteries, and it’ll help you feel more connected to the Wasatch Front – whether you’ve lived here for six months or six generations. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at saltlake.citycast.fm.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T18:17:05.160632+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-salt-lake-4560798"},"episode":{"title":"'Your City Could Be Better': Why Every Region Needs A Park Map Tool Like Salt Lake’s","slug":"your-city-could-be-better-why-every-region-needs-a-park-map-tool-like-salt-lake-s","published_at":"2026-06-14T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-salt-lake-4560798/your-city-could-be-better-why-every-region-needs-a-park-map-tool-like-salt-lake-s","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-salt-lake-4560798","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/b99326/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6732471421.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/b99326/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6732471421.mp3","summary":"As residents of Salt Lake County, you may have wondered about your parks for years — that is, until City Cast Salt Lake host Ali Vallarta cataloged them all. Over the course of two years, she visited all 511 parks in the county, seeking to record their amenities (e.g., bathrooms, playgrounds), write helpful summaries, and track down the people in charge. The resulting map is a valuable tool, as you now not only know who to call when trash cans are overflowing: you can also find outdoor spaces that meet your needs. But what else can we do with the map? Ali breaks it down for City Cast CEO David Plotz, on this episode of “Your City Could Be Better”.","meta_description":"As residents of Salt Lake County, you may have wondered about your parks for years — that is, until City Cast Salt Lake host Ali Vallarta cataloged them a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1976,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-salt-lake-4560798/episodes/your-city-could-be-better-why-every-region-needs-a-park-map-tool-like-salt-lake-s/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-salt-lake-4560798/your-city-could-be-better-why-every-region-needs-a-park-map-tool-like-salt-lake-s.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}