{"podcast":{"title":"Bulwark Takes","slug":"bulwark-takes-7201724","podcast_index_feed_id":7201724,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5149464.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5149464","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43757337.jpg","author":"The Bulwark","episode_count":500,"summary":"The news cycle doesn’t slow down, and neither does The Bulwark. Bulwark Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from the entire Bulwark team, including Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and Bill Kristol, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T04:18:46.924998+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724"},"episode":{"title":"Watch Mike Johnson Squirm Over Trump’s $5,000 Bribe","slug":"watch-mike-johnson-squirm-over-trump-s-5-000-bribe","published_at":"2026-09-14T00:08:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724/watch-mike-johnson-squirm-over-trump-s-5-000-bribe","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8952312","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8952312.mp3?modified=1789341303&sid=5149464&source=rss","summary":"Sam Stein and Will Saletan take on Mike Johnson’s defense of Republican congressional candidate Brandon Herrera despite the gun YouTuber’s grotesque comments about women and children—and the stark contrast with how Democrats police their own candidates. They also dissect Donald Trump’s proposed $5,000 payout if Republicans retain Congress, then debate the administration’s lack of urgency as AI insiders warn of catastrophic risks and Johnson invokes competition with China to resist rapid regulation.","meta_description":"Sam Stein and Will Saletan take on Mike Johnson’s defense of Republican congressional candidate Brandon Herrera despite the gun YouTuber’s grotesque comme…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1378,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bulwark-takes-7201724/episodes/watch-mike-johnson-squirm-over-trump-s-5-000-bribe/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724/watch-mike-johnson-squirm-over-trump-s-5-000-bribe.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}