{"podcast":{"title":"These Are Your Neighbors","slug":"these-are-your-neighbors-6714181","podcast_index_feed_id":6714181,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6022289/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/these-are-your-neighbors--6022289","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3a166a3c74e0e3a763e4aed35e5f8fbf.jpg","author":"Bismarck Human Relations Committee","episode_count":86,"summary":"These Are Your Neighbors is a podcast hosted by Thea Jorgensen and Sargianna Wutzke who are members of the City of Bismarck’s Human Relations Committee. Through conversations with diverse change-makers in the community, the podcast hopes to strengthen inclusivity amongst the Bismarck community, by encouraging others to get to know their neighbor.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T08:20:01.008597+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/these-are-your-neighbors-6714181"},"episode":{"title":"TAYN Ep. 67 Sandy McMerty","slug":"tayn-ep-67-sandy-mcmerty","published_at":"2025-10-21T13:44:42+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/these-are-your-neighbors-6714181/tayn-ep-67-sandy-mcmerty","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/these-are-your-neighbors-6714181","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tayn-ep-67-sandy-mcmerty--68227197","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68227197/tayn_ep_67_sandy_mcmerty.mp3","summary":"Sandy is an innovative leader and communication strategist who is passionate about building engaging culture to get results. She currently serves as Deputy Secretary of the Office of the Secretary of State and has held leadership roles in multiple state agencies. She has been involved with Designer Genes of North Dakota, a Down syndrome support network, for the over 20 years helping individuals with Down Syndrome to earn, learn, and belong in our community. She currently serves as their board president. During her free-time, Sandy is back-up barista for her husband Matt. Together they own The Gifted Bean Coffee House, in the Bismarck Veteran’s Memorial Public Library. The Gifted Bean seeks to hire and inspire individuals with unique talents and abilities, like their son and future owner, Cristian, who has Down syndrome.","meta_description":"Sandy is an innovative leader and communication strategist who is passionate about building engaging culture to get results. She currently serves as Deput…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1957,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/these-are-your-neighbors-6714181/episodes/tayn-ep-67-sandy-mcmerty/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/these-are-your-neighbors-6714181/tayn-ep-67-sandy-mcmerty.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}