{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Seattle","slug":"city-cast-seattle-7559094","podcast_index_feed_id":7559094,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CC5731460515","website_url":"https://seattle.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/91f49c46-a3ab-11f0-841e-c36a6e0802bb/image/5e9519878c2f74cf6fd6d34be9c8ca8a.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":159,"summary":"Join Jane C. Hu and the City Cast Seattle team every weekday morning as we explore the most interesting stories about our city. It’s an informative daily podcast for all Seattleites, whether you're a local or new to town. We’ll keep you company while you’re walking the dog around Green Lake, riding the bus through SLU, or stuck in traffic on the West Seattle Bridge. City Cast is like eavesdropping on an illuminating conversation at your neighborhood coffee shop. But there’s no Seattle Freeze here; everyone’s welcome to join in. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at seattle.citycast.fm.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T22:17:12.970496+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-seattle-7559094"},"episode":{"title":"Why Library E-Books Are Expensive, $20 Million Missing in Homelessness Funds, and Who Let the Dogs Out?","slug":"why-library-e-books-are-expensive-20-million-missing-in-homelessness-funds-and-who-let-the-dogs-out","published_at":"2026-04-27T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-seattle-7559094/why-library-e-books-are-expensive-20-million-missing-in-homelessness-funds-and-who-let-the-dogs-out","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-seattle-7559094","url":"https://seattle.citycast.fm/","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC7855530683.mp3?updated=1777073597","summary":"Today on the podcast Ashley is joined by a bevy of guests, including Seattle Public Library’s head librarian Tom Fay to talk about the surprising cost of e-books for our library system, reporter and editor Erica C. Barnett to explain the close to $20 million in funding the King County Regional Homelessness Authority cannot account for as well as the potential dissolving of the agency, and producers Sam and Liam join to talk about the city ramping up enforcement of its off-leash dog policies in parks. Support City Cast Seattle by becoming a member: membership.citycast.fm/seattle Learn more about the sponsors of this April 27th episode: Town Hall Seattle King Harvest Travel Dundee Seattle Restaurant Week Want to get in touch? Follow us @CityCastSeattle on Instagram, or email us at seattle@citycast.fm. You can also call or text us at 206-880-3931. For more Seattle news, make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter, City Cast Seattle. Looking to advertise on City Cast Seattle? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.","meta_description":"Today on the podcast Ashley is joined by a bevy of guests, including Seattle Public Library’s head librarian Tom Fay to talk about the surprising cost of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2306,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-seattle-7559094/episodes/why-library-e-books-are-expensive-20-million-missing-in-homelessness-funds-and-who-let-the-dogs-out/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-seattle-7559094/why-library-e-books-are-expensive-20-million-missing-in-homelessness-funds-and-who-let-the-dogs-out.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}