{"podcast":{"title":"Deborah Lebree's podcast","slug":"deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113","podcast_index_feed_id":7041113,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6015089/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast--6015089","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/images.spreaker.com/nuvolari-assets/yellow_square_mic.jpg","author":"Deborah Lebree","episode_count":1000,"summary":null,"last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T20:19:21.411789+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113"},"episode":{"title":"What the End of Spirit Airlines Means for the Future of Flying","slug":"what-the-end-of-spirit-airlines-means-for-the-future-of-flying","published_at":"2026-05-07T09:47:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113/what-the-end-of-spirit-airlines-means-for-the-future-of-flying","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-end-of-spirit-airlines-means-for-the-future-of-flying--71904703","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71904703/default.mp3","summary":"When Spirit Airlines shut down over the weekend, it brought an end to a company that had revolutionized air travel in the United States with its ultra-low-cost approach. Niraj Chokshi, who covers aviation for The New York Times, discussed why the company unraveled and whether those problems could spread to other airlines. And Lynsea Garrison, a producer for “The Daily,” spoke to a Spirit flight attendant about what the airline represented. Guest: Niraj Chokshi , a reporter at The New York Times covering aviation, rail and other transportation industries. Colleen Burns, a flight attendant for Spirit Airlines. Background reading: Spirit Airlines shuts down after years of struggle. Here’s how the demise of Spirit could help other airlines . Photo: Tom Brenner for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.","meta_description":"When Spirit Airlines shut down over the weekend, it brought an end to a company that had revolutionized air travel in the United States with its ultra-low…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2008,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113/episodes/what-the-end-of-spirit-airlines-means-for-the-future-of-flying/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deborah-lebree-s-podcast-7041113/what-the-end-of-spirit-airlines-means-for-the-future-of-flying.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}