{"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 Shocking Truth About Teachers Unions’ Spending","slug":"the-shocking-truth-about-teachers-unions-spending","published_at":"2026-05-08T14:02:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351/the-shocking-truth-about-teachers-unions-spending","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-shocking-truth-about-teachers-unions-spending--71911982","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/35/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71911982/frh_fri.mp3","summary":"On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour , Nicole Neily, president and founder of Defending Education, joins Federalist Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to examine the key role teachers' unions play in funding left-wing politicians and groups and discuss school districts' ongoing anti-parent policies and transgender indoctrination campaigns. Read more of Defending Education's latest investigation 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 , Nicole Neily, president and founder of Defending Education, joins Federalist Elections Correspondent Matt K…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2712,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/federalist-radio-hour-835351/episodes/the-shocking-truth-about-teachers-unions-spending/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-shocking-truth-about-teachers-unions-spending.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}