# The Mark Thompson Show: August 19, 2026

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-political-world-721499/the-mark-thompson-show-august-19-2026
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-political-world-721499/the-mark-thompson-show-august-19-2026.md
Podcast: [Around the Political World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-political-world-721499)
Published: 2026-08-20T00:18:28+00:00
Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/around-the-political-world--1978401
Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/b3aa1c21-d4ba-4ad0-8f48-e7d96538d361/episodes/55a7e3c5-716b-46ff-aa73-74136f097ce5/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=b3aa1c21-d4ba-4ad0-8f48-e7d96538d361&awEpisodeId=55a7e3c5-716b-46ff-aa73-74136f097ce5&feed=MxT0sjS4
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/around-the-political-world-721499/episodes/the-mark-thompson-show-august-19-2026
Duration seconds: 2003

## Resource

-Florida's primary and the Democratic civil war -Israel and the midterms -Trump's Strait of Hormuz claim -The ABC/FCC press freedom fight -DOJ election monitors -The Florida governor's race -The national debt

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/around-the-political-world-721499/episodes/the-mark-thompson-show-august-19-2026/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-political-world-721499/the-mark-thompson-show-august-19-2026.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.