# The Takeout with Major Garrett 7/29/26 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-7-29-26 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-7-29-26.md Podcast: [The Takeout with Major Garrett](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827) Published: 2026-07-29T22:32:42+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/serve.castfire.com/audio/8252113/8252113_2026-04-14-112113.192.mp3?rssID=5978 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/serve.castfire.com/audio/8252113/8252113_2026-04-14-112113.192.mp3?rssID=5978 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827/episodes/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-7-29-26 Duration seconds: 2661 ## Resource Dr. Anthony Fauci pleads the fifth more than 100 times at a Homeland Security hearing, led by Chairman and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. Major interviews Senator Paul. Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, gives her perspective on Fauci, as someone who was side-by-side with him during the pandemic. Plus, we are less than a week away from the Michigan Senate Democratic Primary between Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens. Longtime Democratic Congressman Debbie Dingell discusses that and her reaction to the state being placed earlier in the 2028 presidential primary calendar. All that and more, right here on β€œThe Takeout!” ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827/episodes/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-7-29-26/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-7-29-26.md` β€” 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.