{"podcast":{"title":"Letters from an American","slug":"letters-from-an-american-5323066","podcast_index_feed_id":5323066,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/20533.rss","website_url":"https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/20533/d8108611b5cdc00657825d77dc6029b1.jpg","author":"Heather Cox Richardson","episode_count":809,"summary":"A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T00:20:52.803474+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066"},"episode":{"title":"Trying to Rewrite the Story","slug":"trying-to-rewrite-the-story","published_at":"2026-06-11T19:13:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066/trying-to-rewrite-the-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066","url":"https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/trying-to-rewrite-the-story","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201643352/59d2d5e7b62e26e78e0a99da7f7f5d53.mp3","summary":"June 10, 2026 Inflation in May hit its highest level since early 2023, Trump seems unconcerned - revising the story by suggesting that the hit to the economy was strategic, Trump is also rewriting the history of the war that he started in Iran, Reporters in the NY Times have brought Jeffrey Epstein back into the news, suggesting panic in the White House, JD Vance has pressed to have Tim Walz and Keith Ellison of Minnesota investigated for fraud, An Iranian drone downed a US helicopter, Tump has launched new airstrikes against Iran, Oil prices jumped with the news of the strikes, Trump is pressuring the Republicans to provide additional funding for the military and to pass the SAVE American bill. Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ- Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe You can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"June 10, 2026 Inflation in May hit its highest level since early 2023, Trump seems unconcerned - revising the story by suggesting that the hit to the econ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":696,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/letters-from-an-american-5323066/episodes/trying-to-rewrite-the-story/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066/trying-to-rewrite-the-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}