{"podcast":{"title":"MPR News with Angela Davis","slug":"mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489","podcast_index_feed_id":239489,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/mpr-news-with-angela-davis","website_url":"https://www.mprnews.org/topic/angela-davis","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/4c1a409ffb901a63f6d5f1542c2d6798f0ca559f/square/fcc246-20241021-angela-davis-mpr-news-podcast-2000.jpg","author":"Minnesota Public Radio","episode_count":200,"summary":"Conversations about life in Minnesota and how the state is changing, weekdays from MPR News. Programming note: Our colleague Angela Davis is taking a leave of absence after a recent breast cancer diagnosis. Thank you to all who have checked in and shared kind words. Angela is touched by your support as she focuses on her recovery.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T04:20:58.464378+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489"},"episode":{"title":"The U.S. is turning 250: Looking back, looking forward","slug":"the-u-s-is-turning-250-looking-back-looking-forward","published_at":"2026-06-25T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489/the-u-s-is-turning-250-looking-back-looking-forward","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/06/25/the-us-is-turning-250-looking-back-looking-forward","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/minnesota/podcasts/angela-davis/2026/06/25/ad-250_20260625_64.mp3?awCollectionId=apm-ADavis&awEpisodeId=01KVWWAZ4G95BJR0159NT3BY3H","summary":"Next week, the United States marks a unique milestone: the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. For some Americans, the semiquincentennial is a moment to celebrate the nation’s achievements and ideals. For others, it is an opportunity to reflect on the gaps between those ideals and the realities of American history. For many, it is both. MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about what the anniversary means for the U.S.","meta_description":"Next week, the United States marks a unique milestone: the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. For some Americans, the semiquincentennia…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2852,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489/episodes/the-u-s-is-turning-250-looking-back-looking-forward/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489/the-u-s-is-turning-250-looking-back-looking-forward.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}