{"podcast":{"title":"Trust Talks","slug":"trust-talks-3716028","podcast_index_feed_id":3716028,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1853750.rss","website_url":"https://www.cct.org/trusttalks/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/6752tojbmtu17rsgqf3p6rltjevg?.jpg","author":"The Chicago Community Trust","episode_count":27,"summary":"Trust Talks is the podcast by The Chicago Community Trust. Each episode of Trust Talks highlights a different strand of the Trust’s work to address challenges that stand in the way of a thriving region, including meeting people’s critical needs such as secure housing and healthy food; mobilizing support in response to crises such as the Great Depression and COVID pandemic; and working on ways to build wealth and well-being for Chicagoans, including those who have historically lacked equal access to opportunity.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T04:21:49.330034+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trust-talks-3716028"},"episode":{"title":"Episode #20: Advocating for Policy Reform","slug":"episode-20-advocating-for-policy-reform","published_at":"2025-07-21T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trust-talks-3716028/episode-20-advocating-for-policy-reform","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trust-talks-3716028","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853750/episodes/17539512-episode-20-advocating-for-policy-reform.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853750/episodes/17539512-episode-20-advocating-for-policy-reform.mp3","summary":"Although nonprofit organizations play a vital role in recognizing and addressing the needs of the community, research shows the percentage of nonprofits involved in advocacy or lobbying has dropped considerably over the past two decades. However, nonprofits working together on an issue are more likely to engage in policy advocacy. Over the past few years, The Chicago Community Trust has successfully supported nonprofit organizations in working together to advance systems and policy changes th...","meta_description":"Although nonprofit organizations play a vital role in recognizing and addressing the needs of the community, research shows the percentage of nonprofits i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2390,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trust-talks-3716028/episodes/episode-20-advocating-for-policy-reform/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trust-talks-3716028/episode-20-advocating-for-policy-reform.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}