{"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 Tech’s Start & First Phone Book | September 15","slug":"michigan-tech-s-start-first-phone-book-september-15","published_at":"2026-09-15T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805/michigan-tech-s-start-first-phone-book-september-15","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805","url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute/2026-09-15/michigan-techs-start-first-phone-book-september-15","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s461/audio/2024/09/miminute0915.mp3","summary":"Today in 1886, Michigan Mining School held its first classes in Houghton Fire Hall, evolving into Michigan Tech. Meanwhile, in 1878, Michigan's first phone book, \"List of Subscribers,\" was published in Detroit with 124 listings, predating the US's earliest phone book by months.","meta_description":"Today in 1886, Michigan Mining School held its first classes in Houghton Fire Hall, evolving into Michigan Tech. Meanwhile, in 1878, Michigan's first phon…","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-tech-s-start-first-phone-book-september-15/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-tech-s-start-first-phone-book-september-15.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}