{"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 Reliably Red Alaska Could Flip Blue","slug":"why-reliably-red-alaska-could-flip-blue","published_at":"2026-09-15T15:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851/why-reliably-red-alaska-could-flip-blue","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/WMHY1821578368.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY1821578368.mp3","summary":"Alaska finds itself at number five in the most recent CNN ranking of Senate seats most likely to flip in 2026. But what is driving Democratic enthusiasm in this reliably red state? CNN hopped on to a dog sled and fishing boat to find out.  ---  Guest: John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent  Host: David Rind  Producer: Paola Ortiz  Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin  Editorial Support: Allie Malloy, Ish Estrada, Riane Lumer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Alaska finds itself at number five in the most recent CNN ranking of Senate seats most likely to flip in 2026. But what is driving Democratic enthusiasm i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":883,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-5-things-716851/episodes/why-reliably-red-alaska-could-flip-blue/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-reliably-red-alaska-could-flip-blue.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}