# Senator James Lankford: A Conversation on Policy and Faith Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459/senator-james-lankford-a-conversation-on-policy-and-faith Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459/senator-james-lankford-a-conversation-on-policy-and-faith.md Podcast: [The Trey Gowdy Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459) Published: 2026-06-16T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM4962941329.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM4962941329.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459/episodes/senator-james-lankford-a-conversation-on-policy-and-faith Duration seconds: 1866 ## Resource Politics may seem louder than ever, but Senator James Lankford (R OK) believes the most important work gets done when the cameras are off. He joins Trey to look behind the scenes of Washington's closed-door committees, exploring why lawmakers from both parties are hesitant about President Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, and the ongoing bipartisan effort to track systemic government waste. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459/episodes/senator-james-lankford-a-conversation-on-policy-and-faith/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trey-gowdy-podcast-771459/senator-james-lankford-a-conversation-on-policy-and-faith.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.