{"podcast":{"title":"Forbes Topline","slug":"forbes-topline-6026943","podcast_index_feed_id":6026943,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/FSML1431996687","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/fbb9b836-2205-11f1-a886-efbe5b012d6e/image/f311e6ddb329fca86325c7391a344da7.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Forbes","episode_count":40,"summary":"Forbes Topline brings the day's top stories from the Forbes Breaking News desk directly to your feed.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T20:19:37.942576+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forbes-topline-6026943"},"episode":{"title":"Elon Musk Boosts Unsubstantiated Claims About LA Mayor Election As Spencer Pratt Drops To Third","slug":"elon-musk-boosts-unsubstantiated-claims-about-la-mayor-election-as-spencer-pratt-drops-to-third","published_at":"2026-06-08T20:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forbes-topline-6026943/elon-musk-boosts-unsubstantiated-claims-about-la-mayor-election-as-spencer-pratt-drops-to-third","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forbes-topline-6026943","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/FSML7867313062.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/FSML7867313062.mp3","summary":"Elon Musk early on Monday boosted unsubstantiated claims questioning the results of the primary elections in California, focusing specifically on the Los Angeles Mayoral primary, as the progressive Democratic candidate Nithya Raman overtook Republican Spencer Pratt's vote count, putting her on track to join incumbent mayor Karen Bass in a runoff. According to the Associated Press, 83% of the votes have been tallied so far in the Mayoral primary and Raman has secured 27.1% of the vote, putting her narrowly ahead of Pratt, who has 26.7%. AP has already called the race for Bass, who is moving ahead to the runoff, where she will be joined by either Pratt or Raman. Pratt, a former reality star whose campaign borrowed President Donald Trump’s playbook and leaned on dissatisfaction over Bass’ handling of last year’s wildfires, was leading Raman when the first tranche of votes was released last Tuesday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Elon Musk early on Monday boosted unsubstantiated claims questioning the results of the primary elections in California, focusing specifically on the Los…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":249,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/forbes-topline-6026943/episodes/elon-musk-boosts-unsubstantiated-claims-about-la-mayor-election-as-spencer-pratt-drops-to-third/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forbes-topline-6026943/elon-musk-boosts-unsubstantiated-claims-about-la-mayor-election-as-spencer-pratt-drops-to-third.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}