{"podcast":{"title":"10 Minute Drill","slug":"10-minute-drill-7228376","podcast_index_feed_id":7228376,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SRCOO6638238546","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/569520","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/eae31dae-ae7e-11f0-98c0-773613ddab6b/image/5475d82f0e0164feb196c78d7fa3b951.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Matt Whitlock","episode_count":246,"summary":"Your morning 10-minute rundown of the most important stories in news and politics, hosted by veteran political strategist Matt Whitlock. We’re keeping it fun, fast, and light because you’ve got enough going on. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T20:22:08.080116+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-drill-7228376"},"episode":{"title":"Midterms turn upside down with crunch time ad bonanza; Crypto Week | Monday Rundown","slug":"midterms-turn-upside-down-with-crunch-time-ad-bonanza-crypto-week-monday-rundown","published_at":"2026-09-14T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-drill-7228376/midterms-turn-upside-down-with-crunch-time-ad-bonanza-crypto-week-monday-rundown","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-drill-7228376","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SRCOO8915886765.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SRCOO8915886765.mp3","summary":"Texas politics just took a major turn. Trump's Super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund, and Elon Musk are all pouring money into resetting Ken Paxton's Senate race — and the cavalry is here. Meanwhile, James Talarico gets caught fundraising in California while claiming on Kimmel that his money \"all comes from Texans,\" as a new PAC ad resurfaces his past comments on gender identity. Also on the show: college football's ad wars heat up as the Senate Leadership Fund runs a national spot during the Ohio State–Texas broadcast; the House and Senate return this week with a Tuesday vote on the crypto CLARITY Act; and Abdul keeps trying to distance himself from Twitch streamer Hasan Piker — but the media isn't letting him off the hook. In this episode: — Convention follow-up: members seeing real social media growth — Paxton's Texas race reset and where the money is coming from — Talarico's Kimmel moment and the fallout — The football ad onslaught between rival Super PACs — Crypto Week returns: what's in the CLARITY Act — Abdul, Hasan Piker, and the \"just a Twitch streamer\" defense — A look at the week ahead New episodes drop regularly — subscribe to stay on top of the fastest-moving stories in politics. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:37 - Midterm Convention Value 2:29 - Cavalry comes in for Texas turnaround 5:11 - College football political ads / OHIO 6:26 - Crypto Week 8:03 - Abdul’s awkward tailgate 8:31 - Abdul’s awkward Piker deflection 10:45 - Week ahead preview","meta_description":"Texas politics just took a major turn. Trump's Super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund, and Elon Musk are all pouring money into resetting Ken Paxton's Sena…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":739,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/10-minute-drill-7228376/episodes/midterms-turn-upside-down-with-crunch-time-ad-bonanza-crypto-week-monday-rundown/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/10-minute-drill-7228376/midterms-turn-upside-down-with-crunch-time-ad-bonanza-crypto-week-monday-rundown.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}