{"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":"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-7044443/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-american","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-america-7044443","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-american--72260920","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72260920/8909657.mp3","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.","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":4801,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pod-save-america-7044443/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-7044443/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-american.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}