# Shapiro shoots his shot Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549/shapiro-shoots-his-shot Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549/shapiro-shoots-his-shot.md Podcast: [The Playbook Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549) Published: 2026-07-31T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL1645610815.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL1645610815.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-playbook-podcast-53549/episodes/shapiro-shoots-his-shot Duration seconds: 863 ## Resource LeBron James’ move to the Philadelphia 76ers made headlines last week, but behind-the-scenes, Gov. Josh Shapiro lobbied for the deal. Is Shapiro making a political play for male voters disillusioned with the Democratic party? Meanwhile, former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes dropped out of a crowded Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, so who's leading the charge? And a preview from POLITICO’s podcast, The Conversation, where Dasha Burns sits down with the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr.  For more news and analysis, subscribe to the Playbook newsletter: politico.com/playbook  ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-playbook-podcast-53549/episodes/shapiro-shoots-his-shot/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549/shapiro-shoots-his-shot.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.