{"podcast":{"title":"Morning Announcements","slug":"morning-announcements-1365801","podcast_index_feed_id":1365801,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BMLLC2929394709","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/67cb16b0-4547-11eb-9ed3-6b741810f44a/image/55a1491a758283a582368bc107960e04.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Betches","episode_count":1384,"summary":"Morning Announcements is your daily news rundown from Betches News--because the world’s a mess, and someone’s gotta explain it. Every morning, Betches co-founder and host Sami Sage cuts through the chaos to break down what actually matters, one unhinged headline at a time. All in under 10 minutes, so you can stay informed without spiraling.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T18:20:26.430593+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-announcements-1365801"},"episode":{"title":"Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 - Iran Ceasefire Dead, Reflecting Pool Paint Job Cost $13M, TX Sues Netflix","slug":"tuesday-may-12th-2026-iran-ceasefire-dead-reflecting-pool-paint-job-cost-13m-tx-sues-netflix","published_at":"2026-05-12T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-announcements-1365801/tuesday-may-12th-2026-iran-ceasefire-dead-reflecting-pool-paint-job-cost-13m-tx-sues-netflix","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-announcements-1365801","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BMLLC7110687051.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BMLLC7110687051.mp3","summary":"Today's Headlines: The Iran ceasefire is on \"massive life support\" per Trump, while Iran's foreign minister insists their latest proposal was reasonable — and the administration responded by sanctioning 12 companies helping ship Iranian oil to China, days before Trump flies to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping, where that will definitely not be awkward. This is further complicated by reports that China was preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran last month, meaning both China and Russia are now actively supporting Iran, great. On the Hantavirus front, 18 Americans from the cruise are back in the US, at least 2 appear infected, and the other 16 are being monitored at a federally funded biocontainment facility in Nebraska — the WHO still says global risk is low and this is not another COVID. In other news, Trump's plan to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool \"American flag blue\" was quoted at $1.8 million — it's actually $13.1 million, no other contractors were allowed to bid, and the justification was that delays would cause \"serious injury to the government.\" Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy filmed a road trip reality show visiting historic landmarks, which a watchdog group alleges was sponsored by Toyota, Boeing, and United Airlines — companies he's supposed to regulate — through a conveniently named nonprofit funded by auto companies. Meanwhile, Republican Rep. Max Miller was accused in court filings of throwing boiling water on his ex-wife while their 2-year-old was present — also not his first abuse accusation, having previously been accused of assault by then-White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham in 2020. Texas sued Netflix for spying on children, collecting user data without consent, selling viewing habits to data brokers, and designing the…","meta_description":"Today's Headlines: The Iran ceasefire is on \"massive life support\" per Trump, while Iran's foreign minister insists their latest proposal was reasonable —…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":580,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/morning-announcements-1365801/episodes/tuesday-may-12th-2026-iran-ceasefire-dead-reflecting-pool-paint-job-cost-13m-tx-sues-netflix/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-announcements-1365801/tuesday-may-12th-2026-iran-ceasefire-dead-reflecting-pool-paint-job-cost-13m-tx-sues-netflix.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}