{"podcast":{"title":"Mic Check","slug":"mic-check-7094205","podcast_index_feed_id":7094205,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/mic-check","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/rZDjbJVFXB6KSrMQvoxtJcGAYSAhCrpbCIRXTiXQVLg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZDJk/ODBmMzA4MmMwM2Uy/YWQ2MDIyODRjYjkz/MGE4My5wbmc.jpg","author":"WPKN","episode_count":27,"summary":"WPKN’s ½-hour weekly public affairs and community discussion program. Our diverse roster of hosts presents a wide range of topics for discussion: focusing on global, national, and regional issues and their effect on the local Connecticut community. Just as the phrase “Mic Check” was used to mobilize people to create a human microphone during the Occupy Movement, this weekly program will amplify our local community’s many concerns and voices and bring them to the air-waves.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T12:20:07.982515+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mic-check-7094205"},"episode":{"title":"Post-election:  What We Need to Know","slug":"post-election-what-we-need-to-know","published_at":"2024-12-01T00:04:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mic-check-7094205/post-election-what-we-need-to-know","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mic-check-7094205","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/c5f75b71","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/c5f75b71/9c67384f.mp3","summary":"Four commentaries on the post-election landscape: -Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, talks about the role Labor should play in an anti-fascist front. -Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst, discusses the ramifications of a second Trump regime on US foreign policy. -Kica Matos, director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), warns about the coming attacks on immigrants. -Chris Viles, professor of English at UCONN-Storrs, discusses the phenomenon of fascism and its implications for our nation. Hosted by Richard Hill, Scott Harris and Prue Cullen","meta_description":"Four commentaries on the post-election landscape: -Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, talks about the role Labor should play in an anti-fascist…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2078,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mic-check-7094205/episodes/post-election-what-we-need-to-know/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mic-check-7094205/post-election-what-we-need-to-know.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}