{"podcast":{"title":"Hawk Podcasts","slug":"hawk-podcasts-6751455","podcast_index_feed_id":6751455,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/pPVtxSNJ","website_url":"https://hawk-podcasts.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/01123aa5-ddc5-46ef-8ec3-6344dfabaf79/4c578f53-f1f0-49db-8058-3a9b1910fcf6/3000x3000/hawk-podcasts-20audio-20template.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Hawk","episode_count":197,"summary":"He's raw, unfiltered, unedited, authentic, vulnerable and sometimes annoying. His laugh is infectious, and he often engages in long periods of awkward silence. He will tell it like it is, and whether you’re on the left or the right he’s bound to make you uncomfortable at some point. But he will definitely make you think. A licensed, practicing trial attorney for the last 25 years, he brings his legal experience and knowledge to the news of the day and current events here at home to offer different perspectives and additional things to consider.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T08:17:32.470914+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hawk-podcasts-6751455"},"episode":{"title":"It is Not The South - It is THE CONFEDERACY","slug":"it-is-not-the-south-it-is-the-confederacy","published_at":"2026-05-16T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hawk-podcasts-6751455/it-is-not-the-south-it-is-the-confederacy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hawk-podcasts-6751455","url":"https://www.youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/2f3709c2-07df-488d-92c9-f3103d2db29d/73d4921a-b648-432b-9ad6-c18c04a39172/episodes/audio/group/2e1a4608-7550-4139-a2be-62a3df815333/group-item/8671e695-3d71-4395-9966-6585937e3fd8/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=pPVtxSNJ","summary":"Hawk pulls no punches in this sharp political commentary on the state of voting rights, racial representation, and what Republican policies in 2025 and 2026 actually signal about the people who support them. Red state legislatures across the South are racing to dilute Black representation in the House of Representatives through aggressive gerrymandering, and Hawk argues the label \"the South\" no longer applies — the Confederacy is the only accurate term.","meta_description":"Hawk pulls no punches in this sharp political commentary on the state of voting rights, racial representation, and what Republican policies in 2025 and 20…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":439,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hawk-podcasts-6751455/episodes/it-is-not-the-south-it-is-the-confederacy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hawk-podcasts-6751455/it-is-not-the-south-it-is-the-confederacy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}