{"podcast":{"title":"Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen","slug":"beyond-the-polls-with-henry-olsen-1207991","podcast_index_feed_id":1207991,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5817286/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://ricochet.com/series/beyond-the-polls-with-henry-olsen/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9d698a06993577e393b01fec76b11092.jpg","author":"Ricochet","episode_count":161,"summary":"Each week Henry Olsen, columnist and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, will talk about the presidential and congressional races with leading political journalists and analysts, people who are out in the field and won't give you media spin. Find out who's leading the pack and who's an also-ran, with Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen. Listen to Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen , along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at Ricochet.com . No paid subscription required.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T00:17:31.405632+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-polls-with-henry-olsen-1207991"},"episode":{"title":"It's Primary Season!","slug":"it-s-primary-season","published_at":"2026-03-05T21:27:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-polls-with-henry-olsen-1207991/it-s-primary-season","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-polls-with-henry-olsen-1207991","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-primary-season--70490490","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/3808868/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70490490/beyond_the_polls_115.mp3","summary":"The first primaries for the 2026 midterms came last week, and Henry's flying solo to survey the results. Tune in for analysis on James Talarico's victory over TX-30 Rep. Jasmine Crockett for the Democratic Senate nomination; incumbent John Cornyn's top-finish against Ken Paxton in the runoff-bound Republican bid; House seats in the Lone Star State and North Carolina; along with thoughts on President Trump's recent approval ratings bump and polling on condition-based sentiments about the sudden onset of war in the Middle East. Plus, this week's dueling ads provide a contrast in style and sensibility that overshadows even the partisan divide.","meta_description":"The first primaries for the 2026 midterms came last week, and Henry's flying solo to survey the results. Tune in for analysis on James Talarico's victory…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2568,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beyond-the-polls-with-henry-olsen-1207991/episodes/it-s-primary-season/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-polls-with-henry-olsen-1207991/it-s-primary-season.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}