Episode

BONUS: US national debt doubles in a year, with payments costing more than Medicaid

Podcast: 830 News on the Go
Published: Aug 20, 2026
Duration seconds: 660
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F8604234_2026-08-20-154334
Audio: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8604234/8604234_2026-08-20-154334.128.mp3?rssID=3696
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/830-news-on-the-go-6327647/episodes/bonus-us-national-debt-doubles-in-a-year-with-payments-costing-more-than-medicaid
Markdown: /podcast/830-news-on-the-go-6327647/bonus-us-national-debt-doubles-in-a-year-with-payments-costing-more-than-medicaid.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/830-news-on-the-go-6327647/episodes/bonus-us-national-debt-doubles-in-a-year-with-payments-costing-more-than-medicaid/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/830-news-on-the-go-6327647/bonus-us-national-debt-doubles-in-a-year-with-payments-costing-more-than-medicaid.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

In a mixed bag of economic and health news, the U.S. debit hit a staggering number while Columbia House mail order music goes out of business and pumpkin spice latte returns. We also dive into an exciting development in vaccines: one that may be able to prevent melanoma.