{"podcast":{"title":"Mom Wars","slug":"mom-wars-7216032","podcast_index_feed_id":7216032,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6526208/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mom-wars--6526208","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d1d8300723dad673347877590013ca62.jpg","author":"Ricochet","episode_count":52,"summary":"Bethany Mandel and Kara Kennedy are taking on the mommy wars head on; talking the latest hot topics in parenting, relationships, dating and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T08:20:43.613648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-wars-7216032"},"episode":{"title":"Fables for the American Republic","slug":"fables-for-the-american-republic","published_at":"2026-06-25T17:26:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-wars-7216032/fables-for-the-american-republic","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-wars-7216032","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/fables-for-the-american-republic--72691748","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/3908203/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72691748/mom_wars_062526.mp3","summary":"Bethany sat down with Professor Matt Mehan , Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Government at Hillsdale in DC about his new book, The American Book of Fables , that was released last month. We have a wide-ranging conversation about the importance of fables, homeschooling as the Founders might have, and the importance of literature for all ages. He's the author of three books including Mr. Mehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals, and The Handsome Little Cygnet.","meta_description":"Bethany sat down with Professor Matt Mehan , Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Government at Hillsdale in DC about his new book, The American Book…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3029,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mom-wars-7216032/episodes/fables-for-the-american-republic/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-wars-7216032/fables-for-the-american-republic.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}