{"podcast":{"title":"Both Sides of the Aisle","slug":"both-sides-of-the-aisle-6799041","podcast_index_feed_id":6799041,"rss_url":"https://www.upr.org/podcast/both-sides-of-the-aisle/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.upr.org/podcast/both-sides-of-the-aisle","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/38a84b3/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1500x1500+0+0/resize/1500x1500!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F82%2F99%2Fbffb5d1042dbb555ea1abb8be1c1%2Fbsota-cover-art-with-upr-logo-1500x1500.png","author":"Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall (uprwebmaster@gmail.com)","episode_count":138,"summary":"Both Sides of the Aisle is a weekly debate over politics, policy and current issues facing the state of Utah, featuring voices representing the Right, the Center, and the Left.Representing Right is State Auditor John Dougall (R), on the Left is former Salt Lake County Councilwoman Shireen Ghorbani (D), and speaking for the “common sense middle” is Natalie Gochnour, an associate dean in the David Eccles School of Business and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah. The show is produced by Anthony Scoma.Both Sides of the Aisle attempts to help you understand the important questions facing residents of this state, while proving that Republicans and Democrats can sit in a small room and have a meaningful conversation.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T06:19:33.504242+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/both-sides-of-the-aisle-6799041"},"episode":{"title":"Attempted assassination, gerrymandering, and Utah party conventions","slug":"attempted-assassination-gerrymandering-and-utah-party-conventions","published_at":"2026-05-01T16:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/both-sides-of-the-aisle-6799041/attempted-assassination-gerrymandering-and-utah-party-conventions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/both-sides-of-the-aisle-6799041","url":"https://www.upr.org/podcast/both-sides-of-the-aisle/2026-05-01/correspondence-dinner-gerrymandering-and-utah-conventions","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s249/audio/2026/05/bsotapod-043026.mp3","summary":"Our hosts discuss the failed assassination attempt on President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the Democratic gerrymander of Virginia, and the results from the political party conventions in Utah.","meta_description":"Our hosts discuss the failed assassination attempt on President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the Democratic gerrymander of Virginia, a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1530,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/both-sides-of-the-aisle-6799041/episodes/attempted-assassination-gerrymandering-and-utah-party-conventions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/both-sides-of-the-aisle-6799041/attempted-assassination-gerrymandering-and-utah-party-conventions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}