{"podcast":{"title":"Firewall with Bradley Tusk","slug":"firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228","podcast_index_feed_id":7228,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/firewall/","website_url":"http://firewall.media","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/afcf80f3-8e38-470f-9c9a-4ad0e7715aab/kD2dvIHk73sOfvzUVEEQiv29.jpg","author":"Firewall","episode_count":200,"summary":"Politics, technology and the pursuit of happiness. Twice a week, Bradley Tusk, New York-based political strategist and venture investor, covers the collision between new ideas and the real world. His operating thesis is that you can't understand tech today without understanding politics, too. Recorded at P&T Knitwear, his bookstore / podcast studio, 180 Orchard Street, New York City.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T10:22:59.617189+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228"},"episode":{"title":"“Finally, I Feel Peace”","slug":"finally-i-feel-peace","published_at":"2026-08-04T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228/finally-i-feel-peace","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228","url":"http://firewall.media","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/84a43406-4d1b-4e1f-b933-35a401b28de7.mp3","summary":"Bradley returns from a week-long stay at the Hoffman Institute, an intensive personal-development program that he calls “the single most helpful experience I’ve ever had.” He explains how it reframed his understanding of childhood patterns, self-criticism, and emotional healing, including a cathartic exercise that drew out an important lesson. \"We literally drew a picture of our dark side on a poster board,\" he says, \"and then took a shoe and beat the sh-t out of the poster for 45 minutes. Destroying the drawing illustrates that our dark side is a creation of our own minds and patterns, which means we can change them.\" This episode was taped at P&T Knitwear at 180 Orchard Street — New York City’s only free podcast recording studio. Send us an email with your thoughts on today’s episode: info@firewall.media . Subscribe to Bradley's weekly newsletter and follow Bradley on Linkedin + Substack .","meta_description":"Bradley returns from a week-long stay at the Hoffman Institute, an intensive personal-development program that he calls “the single most helpful experienc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3011,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228/episodes/finally-i-feel-peace/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firewall-with-bradley-tusk-7228/finally-i-feel-peace.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}