{"podcast":{"title":"Federalist Radio Hour","slug":"federalist-radio-hour-835351","podcast_index_feed_id":835351,"rss_url":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/RicochetAudioNetwork/FederalistRadioHour","website_url":"https://ricochet.com/series/federalist-radio-hour/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b9efc1a9f7fdfb870e8a4bea6234b50d.jpg","author":"Radio America","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Hosted by Matt Kittle and The Federalist’s team of fearless journalists, this is a podcast featuring engaging and in-depth conversations with reporters, scholars, authors, politicians, and thinkers of all stripes. Along with guest hosts Mollie Hemingway, David Harsanyi, and others, the show delivers smart and compelling dialogues on politics, culture, religion, and the news of the day. Support the show by subscribing, rating, and writing a review! Check out The Federalist's other coverage on our website . Follow The Federalist on X .","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T10:22:11.028013+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351"},"episode":{"title":"The Culprit Complicating America’s Hospital Cost Crisis","slug":"the-culprit-complicating-america-s-hospital-cost-crisis","published_at":"2026-04-22T15:54:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351/the-culprit-complicating-america-s-hospital-cost-crisis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-culprit-complicating-america-s-hospital-cost-crisis--71561959","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/35/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71561959/wed_final.mp3","summary":"On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour , Paragon Health Institute President Brian Blase and Visiting Fellow John Graham join Federalist Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to break down the American healthcare crisis and explain how bad government policies are fueling unprecedented hospital price increases. Read the new Paragon report \"The Hospital Cost Crisis: How Government Policies Drive Consolidation, Undermine Competition, and Fuel Soaring Prices\" here . The Federalist Foundation is a nonprofit, and we depend entirely on our listeners and readers — not corporations. If you value fearless, independent journalism, please consider a tax-deductible gift today at TheFederalist.com/donate . Your support keeps us going.","meta_description":"On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour , Paragon Health Institute President Brian Blase and Visiting Fellow John Graham join Federalist Elections Co…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2808,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/federalist-radio-hour-835351/episodes/the-culprit-complicating-america-s-hospital-cost-crisis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351/the-culprit-complicating-america-s-hospital-cost-crisis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}