{"podcast":{"title":"C-SPAN Bookshelf","slug":"c-span-bookshelf-6416723","podcast_index_feed_id":6416723,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CSPAN1559576942","website_url":"https://www.c-span.org/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bf9c539e-fb2b-11ed-bd44-6ffd507af733/image/1.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"C-SPAN","episode_count":538,"summary":"The C-SPAN Bookshelf podcast feed makes it easy for you to listen to all of the C-SPAN podcast episodes about nonfiction books. Each week we gather episodes from the different C-SPAN podcasts that feature authors talking about history, biography, current events, and culture to make it easier to discover the episodes and listen. If you like nonfiction books, follow this podcast feed so you never miss an episode!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T04:18:14.515371+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723"},"episode":{"title":"Danny Funt, \"Everybody Loses\"","slug":"danny-funt-everybody-loses","published_at":"2026-05-26T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/danny-funt-everybody-loses","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN9252870732.mp3?updated=1779469108","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN9252870732.mp3?updated=1779469108","summary":"Danny Funt is the author of the book \"Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.\" In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act in a 6-3 decision that legalized sports betting nationally by declaring the federal prohibition unconstitutional. According to Danny Funt, sports leagues oversight went from the position that \"gambling carries a serious risk of addiction and a long history of corrupting athletes and referees, to gambling is a relatively harmless wholesale form of entertainment.\" Mr. Funt points out that in eight short years, sports gambling is now legal in close to 40 states. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Danny Funt is the author of the book \"Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.\" In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5190,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/episodes/danny-funt-everybody-loses/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/danny-funt-everybody-loses.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}