{"podcast":{"title":"Pod Save America","slug":"pod-save-america-221620","podcast_index_feed_id":221620,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166624.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166624","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43405962.jpg","author":"Pod Save America","episode_count":1200,"summary":"Pod Save America is a no-b******t conversation about politics hosted by former Obama aides Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vietor. It cuts through the noise to break down the week’s news and helps people figure out what matters and how they can help. They’re regularly joined by journalists, activists, politicians, entertainers, and world leaders. You can watch on YouTube or listen to new episodes every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. Subscribe to Friends of the Pod! Your subscription makes Crooked’s work possible and gives you access to ad-free episodes of Pod Save America and Pod Save the World, plus exclusive content and a lively Discord community. Learn more and subscribe at crooked.com/friends or on Apple Podcasts. For a transcript of an episode of Pod Save America, please email transcripts@crooked.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T20:17:40.965880+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-america-221620"},"episode":{"title":"What Does it Mean to Be an American?","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-american","published_at":"2026-05-31T09:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-america-221620/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-american","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-america-221620","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8909657","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/arttrk.com/p/CRMDA/mgln.ai/e/284/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8909657.mp3?modified=1783371388&sid=5166624&source=rss","summary":"Jon sits down with our own Ben Rhodes to talk about how American leaders tell the story of who we are — and who they think we should be — through the speeches they give. The two go through the seminal speeches Ben selected for his new book \"All We Say,\" discussing their power for good (Frederic Douglass on human rights) and evil (Alexander Stephenson on the \"moral truth\" of white supremacy), and their own memories of writing presidential addresses for Barack Obama when the stakes were highest. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.","meta_description":"Jon sits down with our own Ben Rhodes to talk about how American leaders tell the story of who we are — and who they think we should be — through the spee…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4797,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pod-save-america-221620/episodes/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-american/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-america-221620/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-american.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}