# Influencer or Inflated? Michigan’s Secret State-Sponsored Social Media Campaign Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/jr-morning-1127094/influencer-or-inflated-michigan-s-secret-state-sponsored-social-media-campaign Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/jr-morning-1127094/influencer-or-inflated-michigan-s-secret-state-sponsored-social-media-campaign.md Podcast: ['JR Morning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/jr-morning-1127094) Published: 2026-07-15T12:05:18+00:00 Episode link: https://www.wjr.com/jr-morning/ Audio file: https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/7c6aa3ac-8220-41cf-8355-5fc153b31e77/episodes/0f2fc40c-daff-4d47-a21d-f5b212c0b414/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=7c6aa3ac-8220-41cf-8355-5fc153b31e77&awEpisodeId=0f2fc40c-daff-4d47-a21d-f5b212c0b414&feed=bSssMnrV Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/jr-morning-1127094/episodes/influencer-or-inflated-michigan-s-secret-state-sponsored-social-media-campaign Duration seconds: 464 ## Resource July 15, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Lloyd Jackson discuss state influencer spending with House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Matt Maddock, who opposes the use of taxpayer funds for such marketing initiatives. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/jr-morning-1127094/episodes/influencer-or-inflated-michigan-s-secret-state-sponsored-social-media-campaign/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/jr-morning-1127094/influencer-or-inflated-michigan-s-secret-state-sponsored-social-media-campaign.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.