# Focus on South Carolina Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-this-morning-5778810/focus-on-south-carolina Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-this-morning-5778810/focus-on-south-carolina.md Podcast: [CNN This Morning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-this-morning-5778810) Published: 2026-08-25T13:16:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY7076389241.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY7076389241.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-this-morning-5778810/episodes/focus-on-south-carolina Duration seconds: 2912 ## Resource We begin today's show with a look at South Carolina's critical runoff between Darline Graham, the political newcomer and sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, and Ralph Norman, the ultra-conservative congressman who backed President Trump's agenda but did not earn his endorsement ... Michigan's Abdul el-Sayed is still trying to distance himself from Hasan Piker. Was it worth the political risk to pal around with him in the first place? ... AI threatens to disrupt Texas politics. Could the rural revolt over data centers turn parts of the Lone Star State blue?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-this-morning-5778810/episodes/focus-on-south-carolina/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-this-morning-5778810/focus-on-south-carolina.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.