{"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, March 24, 2026","slug":"politics-chat-march-24-2026","published_at":"2026-03-25T02:20:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-chat-7679179/politics-chat-march-24-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-chat-7679179","url":"https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-march-24-2026-e0c","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192053493/735e951088bed0f6504cbdb653606996.mp3","summary":"Iran war stalemate and Strait of Hormuz blockade, US oil refinery dependency and energy market disruption, pre-market announcement and oil futures insider trading, Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski corruption allegations, Kash Patel FBI testimony on warrantless location data, Pam Bondi subpoena and Epstein files, the Save Act and proof-of-citizenship voting requirements, DHS funding standoff and TSA pay freeze, budget reconciliation as filibuster workaround, Fulton County and Riverside County ballot seizures, No Kings rallies, and the case for reversing Bush-era and Trump-era tax cuts. 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 recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/9CGbXS4f7Rc?si=JdtI0Hi5FlA6YWtS 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":"Iran war stalemate and Strait of Hormuz blockade, US oil refinery dependency and energy market disruption, pre-market announcement and oil futures insider…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3225,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-chat-7679179/episodes/politics-chat-march-24-2026/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-march-24-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}