# Introducing The Separation of Pop and State: Cancel Culture, Smear Campaigns, and the Howard Dean Scream | TDG Fellowship Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-democracy-group-4108232/introducing-the-separation-of-pop-and-state-cancel-culture-smear-campaigns-and-the-howard-dean-scream-tdg-fellowship Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-democracy-group-4108232/introducing-the-separation-of-pop-and-state-cancel-culture-smear-campaigns-and-the-howard-dean-scream-tdg-fellowship.md Podcast: [The Democracy Group](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-democracy-group-4108232) Published: 2026-05-27T11:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.democracygroup.org/ Audio file: https://op3.dev/e/afp-941007-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/d4ef1dea-8334-4083-a911-3cd42c69c0a7/episodes/7694769a-e275-4565-abf4-d003469c76b2/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=d4ef1dea-8334-4083-a911-3cd42c69c0a7&awEpisodeId=7694769a-e275-4565-abf4-d003469c76b2&feed=9r_KoC8_ Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-democracy-group-4108232/episodes/introducing-the-separation-of-pop-and-state-cancel-culture-smear-campaigns-and-the-howard-dean-scream-tdg-fellowship Duration seconds: 2195 ## Resource This week we bring you a special episode from Amelia Callahan, one of our 2026 Podcast Fellows ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-democracy-group-4108232/episodes/introducing-the-separation-of-pop-and-state-cancel-culture-smear-campaigns-and-the-howard-dean-scream-tdg-fellowship/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-democracy-group-4108232/introducing-the-separation-of-pop-and-state-cancel-culture-smear-campaigns-and-the-howard-dean-scream-tdg-fellowship.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.