{"podcast":{"title":"DSR's Words Matter","slug":"dsr-s-words-matter-179183","podcast_index_feed_id":179183,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TRGM2789420791","website_url":"thedsrnetwork.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/733416d0-01f4-11ed-a9b9-0b5bc142769c/image/562893d8ab3c253f6d5b8de723d1195c.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Riley Fessler","episode_count":457,"summary":"American politics is undergoing seismic changes that will alter the course of history. At Words Matter, we believe that facts, evidence, truth and objective reality are necessary and vital in public discourse. Our hosts and guests have broad experience in government, politics and journalism -- this gives them a unique ability to explain recent events and place them in historic context. Together, with fellow journalists, elected officials, policy-makers and thought-leaders, they will analyze the week's news and get at the real truth behind all the distracting headlines.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T20:17:21.729739+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dsr-s-words-matter-179183"},"episode":{"title":"We Need More Scorched Earth Dems!","slug":"we-need-more-scorched-earth-dems","published_at":"2026-04-23T21:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dsr-s-words-matter-179183/we-need-more-scorched-earth-dems","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dsr-s-words-matter-179183","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TRGM3073362573.mp3?updated=1776981453","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TRGM3073362573.mp3?updated=1776981453","summary":"Congress is broken. Justice is gone. Corruption runs rampant in our government, and our most vile politicians get off scot-free. Meanwhile, many still view the Democrats negatively, and this perception is going to present significant hurdles for the midterms this year and beyond. What is missing within the Democratic party? What is the most effective strategy here to save our democracy? Tune in as David Rothkopf and Norm Ornstein discuss why we need scorched earth Democrats and where we go from here. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Congress is broken. Justice is gone. Corruption runs rampant in our government, and our most vile politicians get off scot-free. Meanwhile, many still vie…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3525,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dsr-s-words-matter-179183/episodes/we-need-more-scorched-earth-dems/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dsr-s-words-matter-179183/we-need-more-scorched-earth-dems.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}