{"podcast":{"title":"CNN Inside Politics","slug":"cnn-inside-politics-471976","podcast_index_feed_id":471976,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WMHY2364873047","website_url":"https://www.cnn.com/shows/inside-politics","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d30adb3e-4758-11ee-ac18-03404f156c0d/image/3010e97359b927f10d59f018f0206133.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"CNN","episode_count":1847,"summary":"Each weekday, Dana Bash and a panel of well-sourced reporters bring you the most important political stories of the day. On the weekend, Manu Raju kicks off CNN's Sunday morning political programming with Inside Politics Sunday. Dana and Manu get answers from the people making headlines, explain the political stories that matter, and report on how the news will impact you.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T18:21:40.129827+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-inside-politics-471976"},"episode":{"title":"Fauci Pleads the Fifth","slug":"fauci-pleads-the-fifth","published_at":"2026-07-29T18:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-inside-politics-471976/fauci-pleads-the-fifth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-inside-politics-471976","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY9218817000.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY9218817000.mp3","summary":"The ghosts of Covid&nbsp;past reignite an old feud on&nbsp;Capitol&nbsp;Hill. Today,&nbsp;Republican&nbsp;Senator&nbsp;Rand&nbsp;Paul&nbsp;was looking for a fight. But&nbsp;Dr. Anthony&nbsp;Fauci, compelled by a subpoena to testify about the nation's&nbsp;Covid response, did not give him one. Instead,&nbsp;his response, repeated over 100 times, was,&nbsp;\"Under&nbsp;the advice of my attorneys,&nbsp;I&nbsp;will invoke my right under the&nbsp;Fifth&nbsp;Amendment of the&nbsp;Constitution to refrain from answering your questions.\"&nbsp; &nbsp; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"The ghosts of Covid past reignite an old feud on Capitol Hill. Today, Republican Senator Rand Paul was looking for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2613,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-inside-politics-471976/episodes/fauci-pleads-the-fifth/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-inside-politics-471976/fauci-pleads-the-fifth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}