{"podcast":{"title":"Firing Line with Margaret Hoover","slug":"firing-line-with-margaret-hoover-3927052","podcast_index_feed_id":3927052,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.pbs.org/wnet/firing-line/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/14964283/14964283-1623421354314-dc63e15d430e3.jpg","author":"Firing Line With Margaret Hoover","episode_count":217,"summary":"Author, feminist, gay rights activist and political commentator Margaret Hoover leads a rigorous exchange of ideas with America’s political and cultural newsmakers. In the spirit of William F. Buckley Jr.’s iconic “Firing Line,” Hoover engages with thought leaders on the pivotal issues moving the nation forward. New podcast episodes drop weekly, and sometimes more, featuring bonus content you won’t hear on TV.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-05T10:18:37.407750+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firing-line-with-margaret-hoover-3927052"},"episode":{"title":"Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on ICE raids and brutal budget battles","slug":"chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-on-ice-raids-and-brutal-budget-battles","published_at":"2026-01-24T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firing-line-with-margaret-hoover-3927052/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-on-ice-raids-and-brutal-budget-battles","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firing-line-with-margaret-hoover-3927052","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firing-line/episodes/Chicago-Mayor-Brandon-Johnson-on-ICE-raids-and-brutal-budget-battles-e3e3hdm","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/59ca458c/podcast/play/114459510/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-23%2F4d12d36c-9af1-da23-91fd-374be5b82ed7.mp3","summary":"Margaret Hoover sits down with Mayor Brandon Johnson in Chicago to talk about his clash with the Trump administration over immigration enforcement and the political and fiscal challenges that cities are facing today. Johnson discusses the role of mayors in challenging the president’s policies and the limitations of a local government taking on the federal government. He offers advice for fellow progressive New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and reflects on some of the setbacks he has faced advancing his own agenda in Chicago after voters and the City Council rejected two major tax proposals. Johnson, a former public school teacher, also addresses Chicago’s rising public pension costs, his alignment with the teachers union, and whether ICE should be abolished. Support for Firing Line with Margaret Hoover is provided by Robert Granieri, Vanessa and Henry Cornell, The Fairweather Foundation, The Tepper Foundation, Peter and Mary Kalikow, Pritzker Military Foundation, Cliff and Laurel Asness, Katharine J. Rayner, Charles R. Schwab, Lindsay and George Billingsley, The Meadowlark Foundation, Jared Stone, and Al and Kathy Hubbard.","meta_description":"Margaret Hoover sits down with Mayor Brandon Johnson in Chicago to talk about his clash with the Trump administration over immigration enforcement and the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2611,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/firing-line-with-margaret-hoover-3927052/episodes/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-on-ice-raids-and-brutal-budget-battles/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/firing-line-with-margaret-hoover-3927052/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-on-ice-raids-and-brutal-budget-battles.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}