{"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":"4/30/26 - Curious Commonwealth asks: Why doesn’t Virginia have universal preschool?","slug":"4-30-26-curious-commonwealth-asks-why-doesn-t-virginia-have-universal-preschool","published_at":"2026-04-30T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/4-30-26-curious-commonwealth-asks-why-doesn-t-virginia-have-universal-preschool","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/VPM3053261138.mp3?updated=1777504588","summary":"Read more from VPM News: Curious Commonwealth asks: Why doesn’t Virginia have universal preschool? 'Plug-in' solar could revolutionize Virginians' at-home renewables Other links: Richmond CAO floats possibility of reducing real estate tax rate next year (The Richmonder) The US Supreme Court strikes another severe blow to the Voting Rights Act (NPR) Here’s what House lawmakers want to require of data centers to keep their sales tax break (Virginia Mercury) Developer drops Digital Gateway appeal, leaving project's fate in doubt (Prince William Times) All four chicks have hatched on Richmond Falcon Cam (WRIC) *This outlet uses a paywall. Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism.","meta_description":"Read more from VPM News: Curious Commonwealth asks: Why doesn’t Virginia have universal preschool? 'Plug-in' solar could revolutionize Virginians' at-home…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":568,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/episodes/4-30-26-curious-commonwealth-asks-why-doesn-t-virginia-have-universal-preschool/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-1019051/4-30-26-curious-commonwealth-asks-why-doesn-t-virginia-have-universal-preschool.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}