# How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hartmann-report-1122503/how-to-save-democracy-by-beating-republicans-at-their-own-game
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hartmann-report-1122503/how-to-save-democracy-by-beating-republicans-at-their-own-game.md
Podcast: [The Hartmann Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hartmann-report-1122503)
Published: 2026-05-27T20:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/rss.art19.com/episodes/3b96b834-8537-488a-bbe6-737556479168.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/rss.art19.com/episodes/3b96b834-8537-488a-bbe6-737556479168.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hartmann-report-1122503/episodes/how-to-save-democracy-by-beating-republicans-at-their-own-game
Duration seconds: 3522

## Resource

Political scientist and Democratic political theorist, Rachel Bitecofer, PhD, explains why Democrats fail to win voters to their side, and what they can do to develop new winning political strategies. Trump hands Putin the crown jewel of NATO. What's next? Plus Geeky Science: What’s the real sleep sweet spot for living longer, and why has the fun disappeared from American life? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hartmann-report-1122503/episodes/how-to-save-democracy-by-beating-republicans-at-their-own-game/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hartmann-report-1122503/how-to-save-democracy-by-beating-republicans-at-their-own-game.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.