{"podcast":{"title":"Connections Podcast","slug":"connections-podcast-736335","podcast_index_feed_id":736335,"rss_url":"https://publicfeeds.net/f/11479/feed-rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.wxxinews.org","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/11479/images/ed645589-1b7e-41ff-97e9-72e5ad996f84/CONNECTIONS_1400x1400.jpeg","author":"WXXI News (connections@wxxi.org)","episode_count":50,"summary":"Evan Dawson talks about what matters to you on Connections. Do you have a story that needs to be shared? Pitch your story to Connections. For transcripts, please email our Move to Include team with a link to the episode.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T06:20:51.912094+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335"},"episode":{"title":"A contentious debate about two old school buildings, part 2","slug":"a-contentious-debate-about-two-old-school-buildings-part-2","published_at":"2026-05-20T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335/a-contentious-debate-about-two-old-school-buildings-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_11479_f4b64ebd-0ed5-4222-929e-a43c22f82841&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F11479%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/11479/f4b64ebd-0ed5-4222-929e-a43c22f82841/Connections-Wednesday-Hr1-5.20.26.mp3","summary":"Rochester City Council voted Tuesday night on what to do with two vacant city school district buildings — specifically, a proposal that would allow for the sale of two buildings to charter schools. Council voted to sell one building and not the other. We sit down with three Council members to discuss their votes. In studio: Mary Lupien, member of Rochester City Council Chiara \"KeeKee\" Smith, member of Rochester City Council Stanley Martin, member of Rochester City Council --- Connections is supported by listeners like you. Head to our donation page to become a WXXI member today, support the show, and help us close the gap created by the rescission of federal funding. --- Connections airs every weekday from noon-2 p.m. Join the conversation with questions or comments by phone at 1-844-295-TALK (8255) or 585-263-9994, email , Facebook or Twitter . Connections is also livestreamed on the WXXI News YouTube channel each day. You can watch live or access previous episodes here . --- Do you have a story that needs to be shared? Pitch your story to Connections .","meta_description":"Rochester City Council voted Tuesday night on what to do with two vacant city school district buildings — specifically, a proposal that would allow for th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3045,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/connections-podcast-736335/episodes/a-contentious-debate-about-two-old-school-buildings-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335/a-contentious-debate-about-two-old-school-buildings-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}