# July 5  – America 250 with Ken Burns, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Lonnie Bunch

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/meet-the-press-169857/july-5-america-250-with-ken-burns-doris-kearns-goodwin-and-lonnie-bunch
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/meet-the-press-169857/july-5-america-250-with-ken-burns-doris-kearns-goodwin-and-lonnie-bunch.md
Podcast: [Meet the Press](https://stenobird.com/podcast/meet-the-press-169857)
Published: 2026-07-05T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.nbcnews.com
Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/WyZndMW35x3t79tHlknd/nbcnews.simplecastaudio.com/acc0d0ed-fc97-4807-aaea-60b44af42bbf/episodes/817aba09-8df1-42e7-8d6f-8744be9cef4a/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=acc0d0ed-fc97-4807-aaea-60b44af42bbf&awEpisodeId=817aba09-8df1-42e7-8d6f-8744be9cef4a&feed=yf3E6y7x
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/meet-the-press-169857/episodes/july-5-america-250-with-ken-burns-doris-kearns-goodwin-and-lonnie-bunch
Duration seconds: 2860

## Resource

Kristen Welker speaks with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III for a special edition of Meet the Press marking America's 250th anniversary.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/meet-the-press-169857/episodes/july-5-america-250-with-ken-burns-doris-kearns-goodwin-and-lonnie-bunch/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/meet-the-press-169857/july-5-america-250-with-ken-burns-doris-kearns-goodwin-and-lonnie-bunch.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.