{"podcast":{"title":"The Grand Parade","slug":"the-grand-parade-5748300","podcast_index_feed_id":5748300,"rss_url":"https://feed.pod.co/the-grand-parade","website_url":"https://pod.co/the-grand-parade","image_url":"https://images.pod.co/QqhjXLslF51RNrdB7dJlynjRNatcbRsNrALxA0rDtYQ/resize:fill:1500:1500/plain/artwork/e71d5393-a061-4a2f-86a1-c30db7b51973/the-grand-parade-1742223628.jpg","author":"Matt Stickland","episode_count":131,"summary":"A Halifax city hall podcast, hosted by reporter Matt Stickland. An irreverent look at city hall, the policies they put forward and the people who decide on them for us.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T16:21:48.689899+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grand-parade-5748300"},"episode":{"title":"But it might work for us, a Jan 26-30 council recap","slug":"but-it-might-work-for-us-a-jan-26-30-council-recap","published_at":"2026-02-02T10:02:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grand-parade-5748300/but-it-might-work-for-us-a-jan-26-30-council-recap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grand-parade-5748300","url":"https://www.grandparade.news","audio_url":"https://downloads.pod.co/cd18d5bf-3dbf-4ab7-9264-ddf68d638348/dc96c038-8d0b-486f-8b27-4b1e0508c62e.mp3","summary":"Hello sportsfans, it was a busy week at city hall with a full meeting of council, and two budget committee meetings. Halifax is in dire financial straights and a win for bike lanes on Tuesday was caught an L on Friday as the just saved bike lanes are now back on the chopping block. Also in this show, city staff 💩🛏️ on the taxi bylaw update, there's a really greasy vote and Matt breaks down why council is probably lying (to themselves) when they say they have the political will to make change in this city.","meta_description":"Hello sportsfans, it was a busy week at city hall with a full meeting of council, and two budget committee meetings. Halifax is in dire financial straight…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6108,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-grand-parade-5748300/episodes/but-it-might-work-for-us-a-jan-26-30-council-recap/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grand-parade-5748300/but-it-might-work-for-us-a-jan-26-30-council-recap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}