{"podcast":{"title":"Political Breakdown","slug":"political-breakdown-683875","podcast_index_feed_id":683875,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9796326111","website_url":"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/politicalbreakdown","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3684f0fc-a1ec-11ea-a4d4-c3a2c1e05d46/image/cc7063c12f3b91030d4dc7da579b5d49.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"KQED","episode_count":792,"summary":"Join hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos as they unpack the day in politics with a California perspective. Featuring interviews with reporters and other insiders involved in the craft of politics—including elected officials, candidates, pollsters, campaign managers, fundraisers, and other political players—Political Breakdown pulls back the curtain to offer an insider’s glimpse at how politics works today.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T22:21:15.189762+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-breakdown-683875"},"episode":{"title":"Big Tech Spent Big on California's Primaries. Did Voters Buy It?","slug":"big-tech-spent-big-on-california-s-primaries-did-voters-buy-it","published_at":"2026-06-16T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-breakdown-683875/big-tech-spent-big-on-california-s-primaries-did-voters-buy-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-breakdown-683875","url":"https://next.kqed.org/news/12087807","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC6012938127.mp3","summary":"Silicon Valley spent big in California’s primaries. Venture capitalists, artificial intelligence executives and tech billionaires poured tens of millions of dollars into races up and down the ballot, trying to influence who will regulate them. For the most part, their preferred candidates fell short, a sign of growing anti-tech sentiment among voters. However, tech-backed super PACs managed to secure some notable victories. KQED's Lesley McClurg is joined by Politico's Silicon Valley reporter Christine Mui to assess the impact of Big Tech's big spending. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠Political Breakdown’s weekly newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠, delivered straight to your inbox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Silicon Valley spent big in California’s primaries. Venture capitalists, artificial intelligence executives and tech billionaires poured tens of millions…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1300,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/political-breakdown-683875/episodes/big-tech-spent-big-on-california-s-primaries-did-voters-buy-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-breakdown-683875/big-tech-spent-big-on-california-s-primaries-did-voters-buy-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}