{"podcast":{"title":"Listening to America","slug":"listening-to-america-665403","podcast_index_feed_id":665403,"rss_url":"https://jeffersonhour.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://ltamerica.org/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/1/5/0/41508b7d84b1e15be55e3c100dce7605/LTA2024-20241112-39m0bubisu.jpg","author":"Listening to America","episode_count":550,"summary":"Listening to America aims to \"light out for the territories,\" traveling less visited byways and taking time to see this immense, extraordinary country with fresh eyes while listening to the many voices of America's past, present, and future. Led by noted historian and humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson, Listening to America travels the country's less visited byways, from national parks and forests to historic sites to countless under-recognized rural and urban places. Through this exploration, Clay and team find and tell the overlooked historical and contemporary stories that shape America's people and places. Visit our website at ltamerica.org.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T04:21:24.097012+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/listening-to-america-665403"},"episode":{"title":"#1698 The Future of America's National Monuments","slug":"1698-the-future-of-america-s-national-monuments","published_at":"2026-04-06T21:27:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/listening-to-america-665403/1698-the-future-of-america-s-national-monuments","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/listening-to-america-665403","url":"https://jeffersonhour.libsyn.com/1697-the-future-of-americas-national-monuments","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jeffersonhour/04062026_SusanRyan_Podcastmixdown.mp3?dest-id=381384","summary":"Clay's conversation with Dr. Susan Ryan of the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colorado, about the history of the National Monuments and Antiquities Act, signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906. The Monuments and Antiquities Act gives the president of the United States virtually unlimited authority to designate national monuments on America's public lands by executive order alone. Teddy Roosevelt named the first 18, beginning with Devils Tower in Wyoming, and, at the end of his second term, established the Grand Canyon National Monument, covering more than 800,000 acres. Most subsequent presidents have designated National Monuments, including Donald Trump in his first term. Dr. Ryan says this vast grant of presidential authority has always been controversial, particularly now, and there are stirrings of a test case that will reach the Supreme Court sometime in the next couple of years. Can a subsequent president reduce the size of a National Monument or remove it altogether? And what oversight does Congress have or should it have in these matters? This podcast was recorded on February 23, 2026.","meta_description":"Clay's conversation with Dr. Susan Ryan of the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colorado, about the history of the National Monuments and Anti…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3464,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/listening-to-america-665403/episodes/1698-the-future-of-america-s-national-monuments/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/listening-to-america-665403/1698-the-future-of-america-s-national-monuments.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}