{"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, May 12, 2026","slug":"politics-chat-may-12-2026","published_at":"2026-05-13T02:43:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-chat-7679179/politics-chat-may-12-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-chat-7679179","url":"https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-may-12-2026-21a","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197439808/6e5bbe34c8479024e82f7acdf2aaf4b8.mp3","summary":"Topics covered in today’s Politics Chat: Trump's wild late-night social media postings, Russia's scaled-down Victory Day parade and Putin's weakening position, gerrymandering, Virginia Supreme Court redistricting reversal, Alabama's unconstitutional map reinstatement, dummy-mander risk in Texas, Fannie Lou Hamer, voter registration and ballot preparation, the One Big Beautiful Bill, post-midterm cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, and the $1 billion White House ballroom security request. 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/e9qatSWt2xQ?si=LyFi6jceXPGqnqn4 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: Trump's wild late-night social media postings, Russia's scaled-down Victory Day parade and Putin's weakening posi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2544,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-chat-7679179/episodes/politics-chat-may-12-2026/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-may-12-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}