{"podcast":{"title":"Civics 101","slug":"civics-101-54793","podcast_index_feed_id":54793,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TPG3969164236","website_url":"https://www.siriusxm.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d683a36a-cf9e-11f0-89fc-433c0f9951eb/image/733a4d6d2b12ac514d244b79a0318b90.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"NHPR","episode_count":362,"summary":"How do landmark Supreme Court decisions affect our lives? What does the 2nd Amendment really say? Why does the Senate have so much power? Civics 101 is the podcast about how our democracy works…or is supposed to work, anyway.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-101-54793"},"episode":{"title":"Can American elections be \"nationalized\"? What does that mean?","slug":"can-american-elections-be-nationalized-what-does-that-mean","published_at":"2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-101-54793/can-american-elections-be-nationalized-what-does-that-mean","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-101-54793","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/mgln.ai/e/51/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG9662959938.mp3?updated=1774905794","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/mgln.ai/e/51/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG9662959938.mp3?updated=1774905794","summary":"In this country, the states run elections. Congress is empowered to step in; the president is not. So what does it mean for the president to call on a political party to \"take over.\" Is that allowed? What would that mean? And why is this happening now? DONATE TO THE PODCAST! We talk with Sarah Cooper from the Carter Center to understand who is in charge and whether anyone else can take charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In this country, the states run elections. Congress is empowered to step in; the president is not. So what does it mean for the president to call on a pol…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2068,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/civics-101-54793/episodes/can-american-elections-be-nationalized-what-does-that-mean/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-101-54793/can-american-elections-be-nationalized-what-does-that-mean.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}