{"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":"Patel Grilled by Senate","slug":"patel-grilled-by-senate","published_at":"2026-09-15T17:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-inside-politics-471976/patel-grilled-by-senate","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/WMHY2654912227.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2654912227.mp3","summary":"FBI Director Kash Patel fielded questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and the hearing veered into some very unexpected directions, with topics swinging from election lies and violent immigration operations to ... bestiality? Meanwhile, as the Patel was testifying, President Trump was lashing out at the Supreme Court after justices blocked his push to restrict mail-in ballots just seven weeks before the midterms.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"FBI Director Kash Patel fielded questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and the hearing veered into some very unexpected directions, with top…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2676,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-inside-politics-471976/episodes/patel-grilled-by-senate/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/patel-grilled-by-senate.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}