{"podcast":{"title":"Hysteria","slug":"hysteria-872522","podcast_index_feed_id":872522,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166619.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166619","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43404939.jpg","author":"Hysteria","episode_count":430,"summary":"Political commentator and comedy writer Erin Ryan and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco are joined by a bicoastal squad of funny, opinionated women to talk through everything from reproductive rights to romcoms. They break down the political news of the week, plus the topics, trends, and cultural stories that affect women’s lives.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T16:18:39.996794+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysteria-872522"},"episode":{"title":"This F*cking Guy: John Roberts","slug":"this-f-cking-guy-john-roberts","published_at":"2026-06-21T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysteria-872522/this-f-cking-guy-john-roberts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysteria-872522","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8915628","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/arttrk.com/p/CRMDA/mgln.ai/e/284/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8915628.mp3?modified=1781995908&sid=5166619&source=rss","summary":"In our 42nd episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Alyssa dive deep into the past of the most uptight motherf*cker on the planet, Chief Justice John Roberts. From his early days as a “soberpuss” scholar, to playing the long game to gut the Voting Rights Act, to being the ringleader of malicious intent on the Citizens United ruling, to his obsession with being perceived as a Fancy Law Boy Institutionalist, this may be one of our most phony guys yet. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date. Sources: Roberts started on path to success at young age ( The Washington Times ) The Supreme Court’s Power Grab ( The New York Review ) Entering a new Supreme Court term, John Roberts is as enigmatic as ever ( The Christian Science Monitor ) Biographies of the Robes: John Glover Roberts ( Thirteen PBS ) No More Mr. Nice Guy ( The New Yorker ) Court Nominee's Life Is Rooted in Faith and Respect for Law ( New York Times ) In the Rough ( Slate ) Portrait of the Chief Justice as a Family Man ( The Washington Post ) Does John Roberts’ Whites-Only Childhood Home Explain the Supreme Court’s Callais Ruling? ( Slate ) Roberts' Conflicts Of Interest ( CBS News ) Roberts's Rules ( The Atlantic ) Did Roberts Help Fuel AIDS Scare? ( Science ) Chief justice tumbles after seizure ( CNN ) The Pro-Money Court: How the Roberts Supreme Court Dismantled Campaign Finance Law ( Brennan Center ) John Roberts: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings from PBS NewsHour and EMK Institute ( YouTube ) Money Unlimited ( The New Yorker ) ‘They come to me’: Jane Roberts’ legal recruiting work involved officials whose agencies had cases before the Supreme Court ( P…","meta_description":"In our 42nd episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Alyssa dive deep into the past of the most uptight motherf*cker on the planet, Chief Justice John Robert…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2860,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hysteria-872522/episodes/this-f-cking-guy-john-roberts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysteria-872522/this-f-cking-guy-john-roberts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}