{"podcast":{"title":"CNN 5 Things","slug":"cnn-5-things-716851","podcast_index_feed_id":716851,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WMHY2007701094","website_url":"https://cnn.com/audio/podcasts/5-things","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0db83e9e-4758-11ee-9491-57121f88514e/image/1ff583f9440cb17434b6dcbadaf8a075.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"CNN","episode_count":3820,"summary":"Monday through Friday get up to speed on the biggest headlines of the day with 5 Things. On Saturdays, get a break for your ears with good news from 5 Good Things. And at noon and Sundays, we take you beyond the headlines to help make sense of what everyone is talking about in politics and beyond with One Thing.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T20:21:50.403513+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851"},"episode":{"title":"Why Michigan is in the Middle of Everything This Midterms","slug":"why-michigan-is-in-the-middle-of-everything-this-midterms","published_at":"2026-09-21T16:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851/why-michigan-is-in-the-middle-of-everything-this-midterms","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY4886578624.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY4886578624.mp3","summary":"Former Vice President Kamala Harris is set to the hit the campaign trail in Michigan this week, underscoring the importance of the Senate race for Democrats. So who are the candidates? What issues do Michiganders really care about? And why is a controversial Twitch streamer seemingly getting more attention than the candidates themselves?  ---  Guest: Isaac Dovere, CNN Senior Reporter  Host: David Rind  Producer: Paola Ortiz  Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Former Vice President Kamala Harris is set to the hit the campaign trail in Michigan this week, underscoring the importance of the Senate race for Democra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":844,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-5-things-716851/episodes/why-michigan-is-in-the-middle-of-everything-this-midterms/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851/why-michigan-is-in-the-middle-of-everything-this-midterms.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}