{"podcast":{"title":"Let's Pod This","slug":"let-s-pod-this-913793","podcast_index_feed_id":913793,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/lets-pod-this/","website_url":"http://www.letsfixthis.org","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/aa3a99fa-cf98-4ea0-9155-c22a831293e0/lets-pod-this-3.png","author":"Let's Fix This","episode_count":300,"summary":"Let's Pod This talks with policymakers, advocates, elected officials, and regular folks from across Oklahoma to explain how our government works and provide context for the pressing issues facing our state. A project of Let's Fix This (letsfixthis.org).","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-pod-this-913793"},"episode":{"title":"Choose Your Own Voters, or, How the Legislature is Trying to Bamboozle Us","slug":"choose-your-own-voters-or-how-the-legislature-is-trying-to-bamboozle-us","published_at":"2026-04-06T03:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-pod-this-913793/choose-your-own-voters-or-how-the-legislature-is-trying-to-bamboozle-us","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-pod-this-913793","url":"https://lets-pod-this.captivate.fm/episode/choose-your-own-voters-or-how-the-legislature-is-trying-to-bamboozle-us","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2e111e4a-1c95-49b6-8688-8cd9aa521216.mp3","summary":"Oklahoma lawmakers are sending some of the biggest ballot questions in state history to an August election most voters won't know is happening. Andy breaks down the joint resolutions targeting Medicaid, TSET, and the state Constitution — and why the date is the point. Then: candidate filing just closed, and the numbers reveal a democracy where 68% of races are already decided before November. Two stories, one system. Oklahoma Watch story referenced: https://oklahomawatch.org/2026/04/03/choose-your-own-voters-republican-lawmakers-send-high-stakes-ballot-initiatives-to-low-turnout-election/ NonDoc has several stories on candidate filing: https://nondoc.com/category/civics/politics/","meta_description":"Oklahoma lawmakers are sending some of the biggest ballot questions in state history to an August election most voters won't know is happening. Andy break…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2369,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/let-s-pod-this-913793/episodes/choose-your-own-voters-or-how-the-legislature-is-trying-to-bamboozle-us/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-pod-this-913793/choose-your-own-voters-or-how-the-legislature-is-trying-to-bamboozle-us.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}