# The California AG trying to stop Hollywood’s biggest merger (with Rob Bonta) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conversation-with-dasha-burns-642858/the-california-ag-trying-to-stop-hollywood-s-biggest-merger-with-rob-bonta Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conversation-with-dasha-burns-642858/the-california-ag-trying-to-stop-hollywood-s-biggest-merger-with-rob-bonta.md Podcast: [The Conversation with Dasha Burns](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conversation-with-dasha-burns-642858) Published: 2026-07-24T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL3503814785.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL3503814785.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-conversation-with-dasha-burns-642858/episodes/the-california-ag-trying-to-stop-hollywood-s-biggest-merger-with-rob-bonta Duration seconds: 2555 ## Resource California Attorney General Rob Bonta joins Dasha to explain why he’s trying to block Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, and defends California’s antitrust agenda. He also weighs in on AI regulation, election security and why says his office will keep suing President Trump whenever it believes the law has been broken.  Have thoughts for the show? Text or leave us a voicemail at 202-643-1536. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-conversation-with-dasha-burns-642858/episodes/the-california-ag-trying-to-stop-hollywood-s-biggest-merger-with-rob-bonta/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conversation-with-dasha-burns-642858/the-california-ag-trying-to-stop-hollywood-s-biggest-merger-with-rob-bonta.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.