{"podcast":{"title":"Michigan Minute","slug":"michigan-minute-6463805","podcast_index_feed_id":6463805,"rss_url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9983a9a/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1400x1400+0+0/resize/1400x1400!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F64%2F1e%2Fa510ad994aa0a9e5e9bac3db120c%2Fmichigan-minute-logo-1400x1400.png","author":"WKAR Public Media (streaming@wkar.org)","episode_count":363,"summary":"WKAR’s Jamie Paisley presents intriguing stories for each day in Michigan history. From name changes and iconic cities to arcane laws, Michigan Minute covers a wide variety of fascinatingly true tales from the Great Lake State. Interested in supporting the Michigan Minute?","last_synced_at":"2026-09-27T08:22:12.763942+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805"},"episode":{"title":"Michigan Bans Hitchhiking on Freeways | August 28","slug":"michigan-bans-hitchhiking-on-freeways-august-28","published_at":"2026-08-28T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805/michigan-bans-hitchhiking-on-freeways-august-28","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805","url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute/2026-08-28/michigan-bans-hitchhiking-on-freeways-august-28","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s461/audio/2024/08/miminute0828.mp3","summary":"Michigan passed a law banning hitchhiking and bicycles on the Interstate Highway System, nearly a decade after the system's enactment. Also, on this day in 1835, President Andrew Jackson removed 19-year-old Stevens T. Mason from his role as acting governor of Michigan Territory, replacing him with John Horner. Despite this, Michiganders elected Mason as the first governor of the new state of Michigan just two months later.","meta_description":"Michigan passed a law banning hitchhiking and bicycles on the Interstate Highway System, nearly a decade after the system's enactment. Also, on this day i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":60,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/michigan-minute-6463805/episodes/michigan-bans-hitchhiking-on-freeways-august-28/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805/michigan-bans-hitchhiking-on-freeways-august-28.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}