{"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":"Evan Dawson (vvolk@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":"2026-09-22T04:21:41.243021+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335"},"episode":{"title":"Community leaders address weekend violence in Rochester","slug":"community-leaders-address-weekend-violence-in-rochester","published_at":"2026-08-06T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335/community-leaders-address-weekend-violence-in-rochester","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_11479_01dfccdb-c0ab-420b-8125-77c6c71c6fd0&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F11479%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/11479/01dfccdb-c0ab-420b-8125-77c6c71c6fd0/Connections-ThursdayHr1-8.6.26.mp3","summary":"What should local leaders do to prevent violence in the community? Zahnia Barr, 14, and Shakara Green, 35, were killed last weekend in two separate incidents. In both cases, authorities say shots were fired into large groups of people. We talk with community leaders about the tragedies and what it will take to stop future violence. In studio: Beatriz LeBron, executive director of the Father Tracy Advocacy Center Miguel Meléndez Jr., president of Rochester City Council and member of the Northeast Safety Committee Jerome Ward, CEO and owner of Chisel Collective LLC","meta_description":"What should local leaders do to prevent violence in the community? Zahnia Barr, 14, and Shakara Green, 35, were killed last weekend in two separate incide…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2963,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/connections-podcast-736335/episodes/community-leaders-address-weekend-violence-in-rochester/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/community-leaders-address-weekend-violence-in-rochester.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}