{"podcast":{"title":"Amanpour","slug":"amanpour-808408","podcast_index_feed_id":808408,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WMHY4537236541","website_url":"https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/amanpour","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3f5890ac-474e-11ee-adf2-9f8d41eb0342/image/9aac5625b86016293f014383b62bc6ca.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"CNN","episode_count":1894,"summary":"Amanpour is CNN International's flagship global affairs interview program hosted by Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-06T16:18:20.240479+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408"},"episode":{"title":"What’s Behind the Crime Drop in the US?","slug":"what-s-behind-the-crime-drop-in-the-us","published_at":"2026-08-10T19:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408/what-s-behind-the-crime-drop-in-the-us","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2382485901.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2382485901.mp3","summary":"Less than three months&nbsp;remain&nbsp;before the crucial midterms&nbsp;will decide&nbsp;whether Democrats or Republicans will control the Senate. As&nbsp;the parties campaign hard across a range of issues, Americans can perhaps&nbsp;breathe a sigh of relief&nbsp;when it comes to one key domestic concern: crime. A new report shows a notable drop across large cities in the first half of this year, with homicides reaching their lowest level since at least 1900. The report notes this trend&nbsp;isn't&nbsp;evidence of the success or failure of any particular&nbsp;policy, and&nbsp;says&nbsp;it's&nbsp;likely the&nbsp;result of a range of factors. Steve Cohen is a Democratic&nbsp;congressman&nbsp;who sits on both the Judiciary and Intelligence House Committees. He joins the show to break it all down.&nbsp; Also on today’s show:&nbsp;Brad Setser,&nbsp;Fmr. Sr. Adviser to U.S. Trade Representative / Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations;&nbsp;Hannah Critchfield.&nbsp;Reporter, The Wall Street Journal&nbsp; &nbsp; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Less than three months remain before the crucial midterms will decide whether Democrats or Republicans will control the Senate. As&nbs…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3372,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amanpour-808408/episodes/what-s-behind-the-crime-drop-in-the-us/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/amanpour-808408/what-s-behind-the-crime-drop-in-the-us.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}