{"podcast":{"title":"Civil Discourse","slug":"civil-discourse-765918","podcast_index_feed_id":765918,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/civil-discourse","website_url":"https://guides.library.vcu.edu/discourse","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/l_W6gSdwQO6icUis-aEVXPC4eMG5gjiT2JWmy-hIi4U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyMzAvMTU2MzM4/NjQ0Ny1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.jpg","author":"Nia Rodgers and Dr. John Aughenbaugh","episode_count":350,"summary":"This podcast uses government documents to illuminate the workings of the American government, and offer context around the effects of government agencies in your everyday life.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T20:22:06.126312+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civil-discourse-765918"},"episode":{"title":"SoS 2026: Ballots, Election Money, and Transgender Athletes","slug":"sos-2026-ballots-election-money-and-transgender-athletes","published_at":"2026-07-10T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civil-discourse-765918/sos-2026-ballots-election-money-and-transgender-athletes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civil-discourse-765918","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/ece24746","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/ece24746/fc801dcc.mp3","summary":"Aughie and Nia discuss the Supreme Court decisions in Watson v RNC, National Republican Senatorial Committee v Federal Election Commission and West Virginia v BJP combined with Little v Hecox. In the first case, the Justices were asked to define \"elections\" in terms of mail in voting ballot acceptance. In the second, they addressed the national political parties coordinating spending with candidates. In the final two cases, combined into one decision, the Justices wrestled with questions surrounding allowing transgender female athletes to compete on women's teams.","meta_description":"Aughie and Nia discuss the Supreme Court decisions in Watson v RNC, National Republican Senatorial Committee v Federal Election Commission and West Virgin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3505,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/civil-discourse-765918/episodes/sos-2026-ballots-election-money-and-transgender-athletes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civil-discourse-765918/sos-2026-ballots-election-money-and-transgender-athletes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}