# Madison Doan of Heritage Foundation: Unions or Political Machines? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-frontline-7473699/madison-doan-of-heritage-foundation-unions-or-political-machines Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-frontline-7473699/madison-doan-of-heritage-foundation-unions-or-political-machines.md Podcast: [The New Frontline](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-frontline-7473699) Published: 2026-04-29T15:55:02+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/madison-doan-of-heritage-foundation-unions-or-political-machines--71716034 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71716034/classrooms_or_campaigns_with_madison_doan_of_the_heritage_foundation.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-new-frontline-7473699/episodes/madison-doan-of-heritage-foundation-unions-or-political-machines Duration seconds: 614 ## Resource *The New Frontline with Siena Rose – a podcast and variety show from the Freedom Foundation.* Are teachers unions still focused on students—or have they shifted toward politics? Siena Rose sits down with Heritage Foundation researcher Madison Doan to break down new polling, union activism, classroom influence, and the growing disconnect between what parents want and what unions are prioritizing. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-new-frontline-7473699/episodes/madison-doan-of-heritage-foundation-unions-or-political-machines/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-frontline-7473699/madison-doan-of-heritage-foundation-unions-or-political-machines.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.