# AI Grifters in Power & Reactionary Third Way Centrist Dems / Henry Burke

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-hell-318119/ai-grifters-in-power-reactionary-third-way-centrist-dems-henry-burke
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-hell-318119/ai-grifters-in-power-reactionary-third-way-centrist-dems-henry-burke.md
Podcast: [This Is Hell!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-hell-318119)
Published: 2026-04-08T17:58:32+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/this-is-hell/ai-grifters-in-power
Audio file: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2298960596-this-is-hell-ai-grifters-in-power.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-hell-318119/episodes/ai-grifters-in-power-reactionary-third-way-centrist-dems-henry-burke
Duration seconds: 6768

## Resource

Henry Burke of the Revolving Door Project joins us to discuss his recent writing, "How OpenAI Hacked The Military-Industrial Complex" at The Lever and, "Centrists: Better Things Aren’t Possible" at The American Prospect. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Henry's articles here: https://www.levernews.com/how-openai-hacked-the-military-industrial-complex/ and here: https://prospect.org/2026/03/10/centrists-better-things-arent-possible-democrats-south-carolina-third-way/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-hell-318119/episodes/ai-grifters-in-power-reactionary-third-way-centrist-dems-henry-burke/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-hell-318119/ai-grifters-in-power-reactionary-third-way-centrist-dems-henry-burke.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.