{"podcast":{"title":"Congressional Dish","slug":"congressional-dish-167137","podcast_index_feed_id":167137,"rss_url":"https://congressionaldish.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://congressionaldish.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/3/d/1/03d1466cf37c30795f2e77a3093c12a1/Congressional_Dish_logo_-_UppSite-20230817-7qgzre6wrw.jpg","author":"Jennifer Briney","episode_count":350,"summary":"An independent podcast examining what the U.S. Congress is doing with our money and in our names. www.congressionaldish.com Follow @JenBriney on Twitter","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T20:21:16.163248+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/congressional-dish-167137"},"episode":{"title":"CD337: March 2026 — At War, On Vacation","slug":"cd337-march-2026-at-war-on-vacation","published_at":"2026-04-23T19:44:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/congressional-dish-167137/cd337-march-2026-at-war-on-vacation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/congressional-dish-167137","url":"https://congressionaldish.libsyn.com/cd337-march-2026-at-war-on-vacation","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/congressionaldish/CD337.mp3?dest-id=116644","summary":"Congress took multiple vacations during a DHS shutdown, failed to check an unauthorized war with Iran, and passed just two bills—both honoring the dead. Meanwhile, a bipartisan majority voted to keep misconduct investigations against themselves secret. This episode exposes a month of dysfunction—and the real consequences of a Congress that isn't doing its job. View the show notes on our website at https://congressionaldish.com/cd337-march-2026-at-war-on-vacation Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media!","meta_description":"Congress took multiple vacations during a DHS shutdown, failed to check an unauthorized war with Iran, and passed just two bills—both honoring the dead. M…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2660,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/congressional-dish-167137/episodes/cd337-march-2026-at-war-on-vacation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/congressional-dish-167137/cd337-march-2026-at-war-on-vacation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}