{"podcast":{"title":"Inside Trump's Head","slug":"inside-trump-s-head-7013446","podcast_index_feed_id":7013446,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/QCD8589611489","website_url":"https://www.thedailybeast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/011b1ce6-fc5b-11f0-9ac2-0376505a4cea/image/45d680a0d822fb478f725632aae43cee.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Daily Beast","episode_count":203,"summary":"Character is destiny and no character has defined or deformed the 21st century more than Donald Trump. In this new podcast series, the definitive Trump biographer Michael Wolff joins forces with the Daily Beast’s provocateur-in-chief Joanna Coles to crack open the psyche of the man the world can’t stop watching. Coles and Wolff balance candor with curiosity as they dissect Trump’s thoughts and actions and try to answer the ultimate question: what drives the most powerful man alive? This is the analysis no one else has the access, authority, or ambition to deliver. Ignore it at your peril. New episodes every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday; early drops on YouTube. If you’re not already a subscriber to The Daily Beast, it’s easy! Just sign up here.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-09T12:21:11.128755+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-trump-s-head-7013446"},"episode":{"title":"Why Trump’s Hegseth Problem Exposes His Fatal Flaw","slug":"why-trump-s-hegseth-problem-exposes-his-fatal-flaw","published_at":"2026-09-04T03:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-trump-s-head-7013446/why-trump-s-hegseth-problem-exposes-his-fatal-flaw","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-trump-s-head-7013446","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD1831470777.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD1831470777.mp3","summary":"Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles look at Donald Trump’s long-standing appetite for power, from his determination to get around courts and regulations to the possibility that he could use his enormous political war chest to maintain influence long after leaving office. They examine the growing crisis around Pete Hegseth, why Trump appears threatened by competence, and how the war with Iran is exposing deeper failures in American leadership. They also trace the economic risks tied to tariffs, interest rates and the massive AI boom, before turning to the increasingly volatile 2026 midterms, dark money, mail-in voting and the presence of U.S. Marshals at polling places. #ad Download SAILY's app and use code beast at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/beast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles look at Donald Trump’s long-standing appetite for power, from his determination to get around courts and regulations to the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3633,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-trump-s-head-7013446/episodes/why-trump-s-hegseth-problem-exposes-his-fatal-flaw/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-trump-s-head-7013446/why-trump-s-hegseth-problem-exposes-his-fatal-flaw.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}