{"podcast":{"title":"Franklin Matters Radio","slug":"franklin-matters-radio-1378592","podcast_index_feed_id":1378592,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/franklin-ma-matters/","website_url":"https://franklinmatters.org/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/07c6ebdc-4458-499e-99db-58ae22733617/TR9QvMEBcA_LHL6DLkmbClxf.png","author":"Steve Sherlock","episode_count":200,"summary":"What matters in Franklin MA - we follow the money sharing Town & School meetings, community events, and interviews to enable an informed resident & voter","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T18:23:13.644696+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592"},"episode":{"title":"FM #1751 - Talk Franklin - 05/28/26","slug":"fm-1751-talk-franklin-05-28-26","published_at":"2026-06-02T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592/fm-1751-talk-franklin-05-28-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592","url":"https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1751-talk-franklin-05-28-26","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e056f17f-fc50-43e4-9f1b-c3305a36a362.mp3","summary":"This session of the radio show shares our “ Talk Franklin” discussion with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen . We recorded our conversation in the Franklin TV & Radio Studio on Thursday, May 28, 2026. Key topics Updates to the FY 2027 budget Health care overview Final stretch for budget approval Finance Cmte Jun 3 Town Council Jun 10 Town Council Jun 17 The recording runs about 1 hour & 5 minutes. Let’s listen to our conversation. -------------- Summary memo on budget changes - https://www.franklinmatters.org/2026/05/town-administrator-memo-to-finance.html Town of Franklin page - https://www.franklinma.gov/ FY 2027 budget page - https://www.franklinma.gov/Archive.aspx?ADID=577 Community calendar https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar -------------- We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio ( wfpr.fm ) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial. This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help. How can you help? If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors If you don't like something here, please let me know And if you have interest in reporting on meetings or events, please reach out. We’ll share and show you what and how we do what we do Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening. For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/ If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group \"East of Shirley\" . The piece is titled \"Ernesto, manana\" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission. I hope you en…","meta_description":"This session of the radio show shares our “ Talk Franklin” discussion with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen . We recorded our conversation in the Franklin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3921,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/franklin-matters-radio-1378592/episodes/fm-1751-talk-franklin-05-28-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592/fm-1751-talk-franklin-05-28-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}