{"podcast":{"title":"VPM Daily Newscast","slug":"vpm-daily-newscast-1019051","podcast_index_feed_id":1019051,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/vpmdailynewscast","website_url":"https://vpm.org/news","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7e942d00-b195-11ea-af96-ab5b8e8b2b6e/image/313a7ebb33cbc81166c2beeac17dc644.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"VPM","episode_count":1627,"summary":"This VPM News supercast contains Central Virginia's news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Kim Strother and VPM News editors, episodes are (usually) recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T18:17:25.970730+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051"},"episode":{"title":"4/17/26 - Gov. Abigail Spanberger rewrote legislation over legal recreational cannabis sales in Virginia","slug":"4-17-26-gov-abigail-spanberger-rewrote-legislation-over-legal-recreational-cannabis-sales-in-virginia","published_at":"2026-04-17T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/4-17-26-gov-abigail-spanberger-rewrote-legislation-over-legal-recreational-cannabis-sales-in-virginia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051","url":"https://www.vpm.org/show/vpm-daily-newscast","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/VPM5309408179.mp3?updated=1748391918","summary":"Read more from VPM News: Virginia lawmakers push back on Spanberger's changes to retail weed market bill Justin Fairfax, former Virginia lt. governor, kills wife, self, police say Chesterfield sheriff adds extra security at early voting locations Other links: City offers to replace RPS land, pay for relocation if it turns over Southside site for mixed-use development (The Richmonder) Albemarle Fire Marshal issues burn ban through Sunday (29 News) Central Virginia ICE facility has been over capacity for months (WRIC) ‘We’re tired of it’ — amid luxury student housing surge, city residents feel overlooked (The Cavalier Daily) *This outlet uses a paywall. It’s our pledge drive through April 17! You can support our award-winning work by visiting VPM.org/challenges to help us bloom and grow this spring. When you designate your donation to the news challenge, you will help VPM News unlock a $10,000 bonus in support of an informed community.","meta_description":"Read more from VPM News: Virginia lawmakers push back on Spanberger's changes to retail weed market bill Justin Fairfax, former Virginia lt. governor, kil…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":363,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/episodes/4-17-26-gov-abigail-spanberger-rewrote-legislation-over-legal-recreational-cannabis-sales-in-virginia/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/4-17-26-gov-abigail-spanberger-rewrote-legislation-over-legal-recreational-cannabis-sales-in-virginia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}