{"podcast":{"title":"Hacks On Tap","slug":"hacks-on-tap-771065","podcast_index_feed_id":771065,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VMP7545057845","website_url":"https://www.hacksontap.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/14b64524-8324-11f0-b43b-6b0c1f5de809/image/1b2a3bf1045ba89ff6191968791f9e70.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"David Axelrod & Mike Murphy","episode_count":394,"summary":"When David Axelrod, Mike Murphy, and John Heilemann get together to talk politics, it’s not academic. They speak from the perspective gained through hundreds of campaigns for offices from City Hall to the White House. So if you want to know what’s really going on behind the scenes, where strategic decisions are being made, pull up a stool for Hacks on Tap. Incisive, sometimes uproarious and always entertaining, these political warhorses and their guests will give you insights you’ll only get from folks who have spent a lifetime in the political trenches of both parties. From the Vox Media Podcast Network","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T22:21:05.294549+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacks-on-tap-771065"},"episode":{"title":"Pressing His Luck (with Whit Ayers)","slug":"pressing-his-luck-with-whit-ayers","published_at":"2026-09-22T22:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacks-on-tap-771065/pressing-his-luck-with-whit-ayers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacks-on-tap-771065","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP5385794022.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP5385794022.mp3","summary":"This week, Murphy and Heilemann are joined by Whit Ayres, president of North Star Opinion Research and veteran Republican polling Hack. The Hacks dive into the nation’s many wars: Trump’s war with the press over access to the White House, the ad war raging in the midterms, and the U.S.’s actual war with Iran. In other words: just another quiet week in politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"This week, Murphy and Heilemann are joined by Whit Ayres, president of North Star Opinion Research and veteran Republican polling Hack. The Hacks dive int…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3904,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hacks-on-tap-771065/episodes/pressing-his-luck-with-whit-ayers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacks-on-tap-771065/pressing-his-luck-with-whit-ayers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}