{"podcast":{"title":"Politics Chat","slug":"politics-chat-7679179","podcast_index_feed_id":7679179,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/20533/s/327733.rss","website_url":"https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/s/politics-chat","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/20533/s/327733/24f66cfd453cc3e890402cbe617d4622.jpg","author":"Heather Cox Richardson","episode_count":53,"summary":"In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics....","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T12:17:22.013834+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-chat-7679179"},"episode":{"title":"Politics Chat, July 23, 2026","slug":"politics-chat-july-23-2026","published_at":"2026-07-24T01:24:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-chat-7679179/politics-chat-july-23-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-chat-7679179","url":"https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-july-23-2026","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208278328/19f5138b8397076808c383252c2d2200.mp3","summary":"Topics covered in today’s Politics Chat: Kentucky Senate vacancy question, Senate succession and special election law, National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 rollback, Chaco Canyon drilling, U.S.–Saudi nuclear power deal, nuclear proliferation concerns, Iran war escalation, Strait of Hormuz control, tanker attacks, rising oil and gasoline prices, U.S. military buildup in the Gulf, Canada tariffs, tariff authority after the Supreme Court ruling, wildfires and climate change, SNAP cuts, Medicaid cuts, ICE arrests and enforcement shootings, IRS funding restoration, billionaire political spending, Senator Andy Kim’s “MediKids” proposal. Politics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET). Watch today's recordinghttps://youtube.com/live/tqiCcLB-K3k?feature=share Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe You can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Topics covered in today’s Politics Chat: Kentucky Senate vacancy question, Senate succession and special election law, National Historic Preservation Act…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2383,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-chat-7679179/episodes/politics-chat-july-23-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-chat-7679179/politics-chat-july-23-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}