{"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 Truth About America’s Toxic Therapy Culture","slug":"the-truth-about-america-s-toxic-therapy-culture","published_at":"2026-06-02T17:51:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351/the-truth-about-america-s-toxic-therapy-culture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-truth-about-america-s-toxic-therapy-culture--72301511","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/35/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72301511/alpert_final.mp3","summary":"On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour , psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert joins Federalist Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss the negative effects of widespread \"therapy culture,\" explain how over-therapization exacerbates America's mental health crisis, and weigh in on the concerning symptoms associated with so-called \"Trump Derangement Syndrome.\" Buy Alpert's book Therapy Nation: How America Got Hooked on Therapy and Why It's Left Us More Anxious and Divided 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 , psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert joins Federalist Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss the negativ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2615,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/federalist-radio-hour-835351/episodes/the-truth-about-america-s-toxic-therapy-culture/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-truth-about-america-s-toxic-therapy-culture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}