{"podcast":{"title":"WORT 89.9FM Madison","slug":"wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612","podcast_index_feed_id":6475612,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:20835094/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://www.wortfm.org","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-zHxZTp6DzH3n2gzW-7rEskg-original.jpg","author":"WORT 89.9FM Madison","episode_count":500,"summary":"Listener-sponsored, volunteer-powered, noncommerc…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T10:20:25.821251+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612"},"episode":{"title":"Milwaukee leaders consider public electric utility","slug":"milwaukee-leaders-consider-public-electric-utility","published_at":"2026-06-30T23:16:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612/milwaukee-leaders-consider-public-electric-utility","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612","url":"https://soundcloud.com/wort-fm/milwaukee-leaders-consider","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2350877834-wort-fm-milwaukee-leaders-consider.mp3","summary":"Wisconsin’s largest utility provider We Energies is requesting yet another rate hike – their sixth since 2020, if state regulators approve it. Creating a public electric utility could provide some much-needed relief, according to a movement that’s gaining traction in the city of Milwaukee. Meredith Melland is a neighborhoods reporter with the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. She joined our News Producer Faye Parks to explain how a publicly-owned utility would work – and why the local electrical workers union is already speaking out against the proposal. Image courtesy: Clean Wisconsin.","meta_description":"Wisconsin’s largest utility provider We Energies is requesting yet another rate hike – their sixth since 2020, if state regulators approve it. Creating a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":749,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612/episodes/milwaukee-leaders-consider-public-electric-utility/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wort-89-9fm-madison-6475612/milwaukee-leaders-consider-public-electric-utility.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}