{"podcast":{"title":"American Prestige","slug":"american-prestige-4093863","podcast_index_feed_id":4093863,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SLT3432769861","website_url":"https://www.americanprestigepod.com/podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/90a8421c-6706-11ef-8833-1bf86ded4903/image/b8c9869eb964da9d3d3ca283135ded05.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison","episode_count":96,"summary":"A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world. americanprestige.supportingcast.fm","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T00:20:15.985278+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-prestige-4093863"},"episode":{"title":"E247 - Radical Liberalism w/ Alex Zakaras","slug":"e247-radical-liberalism-w-alex-zakaras","published_at":"2026-05-05T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-prestige-4093863/e247-radical-liberalism-w-alex-zakaras","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-prestige-4093863","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/51/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG8097271784.mp3?updated=1777930278","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/51/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG8097271784.mp3?updated=1777930278","summary":"Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Danny and Derek welcome to the show Alex Zakaras, professor of political science at the University of Vermont, to talk about the history and future of radical liberalism. They discuss liberalism’s relationship to republicanism, the American liberal tradition, equal freedom, defensive liberalism after 2016, neoliberalism, Cold War liberalism, socialism, racial hierarchy, labor power, democratic crisis, and whether liberalism can still offer a politics of freedom and equality. Be sure to grab a copy of Alex’s book Freedom for All: What a Liberal Society Could Be. Don't miss our livestream this Wednesday, May 6, at 8 pm ET on our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Danny and Derek welcome to the show Alex Zakaras, professor of political science at the Univers…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3607,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/american-prestige-4093863/episodes/e247-radical-liberalism-w-alex-zakaras/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-prestige-4093863/e247-radical-liberalism-w-alex-zakaras.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}