{"podcast":{"title":"Pod Save America","slug":"pod-save-america-7044443","podcast_index_feed_id":7044443,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6160204/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pod-save-america--6160204","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/74eb66798b9f1539e56ee90409bcc762.jpg","author":"karen Bautista","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Pod Save America is a no-bullshit 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, Wednesday and Friday. Ad-Free Pod Save America episodes available NOW through Friends of the Pod subscription. Head to crooked.com/friends to join today! For a transcript of an episode of Pod Save America, please email transcripts@crooked.com (edited)","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T20:17:45.314671+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-america-7044443"},"episode":{"title":"The Search for an Exciting Moderate","slug":"the-search-for-an-exciting-moderate","published_at":"2026-07-26T09:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-america-7044443/the-search-for-an-exciting-moderate","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-america-7044443","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-search-for-an-exciting-moderate--73175660","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73175660/8932340.mp3","summary":"What does a positive vision for the center-left look like? Can moderation still excite the Democratic base? Matt Yglesias, who writes the Slow Boring newsletter and hosts The Argument podcast, talks to Jon about his vision for the Democratic Party and why he believes more Democrats need to embrace heterodoxy. The two discuss how the policy debate could play out in the upcoming presidential primary, the role charisma and attention-getting play in politics, and which Democrats are best positioned to win in 2028.For a transcript of this episode, email transcripts@crooked.com","meta_description":"What does a positive vision for the center-left look like? Can moderation still excite the Democratic base? Matt Yglesias, who writes the Slow Boring news…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4518,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pod-save-america-7044443/episodes/the-search-for-an-exciting-moderate/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-7044443/the-search-for-an-exciting-moderate.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}