{"podcast":{"title":"Politics with Paul","slug":"politics-with-paul-7031218","podcast_index_feed_id":7031218,"rss_url":"https://feeds.podcastai.com/aLCuM7vb9yElCK7Txu6YYD.xml","website_url":"https://podcast.paulrader.org","image_url":"https://data-1.podcastai.com/shows/aLCuM7vb9yElCK7Txu6YYD/cover-2.jpg","author":"Paul Rader","episode_count":99,"summary":"Approachable, nonpartisan, and nonideological analysis of various political topics by nonpartisan political analyst, writer, researcher, and speaker Paul Rader.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T00:19:33.876355+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218"},"episode":{"title":"Is a Party-less Future Possible in American Politics? w/ Metin Pekin | Politics with Paul #88","slug":"is-a-party-less-future-possible-in-american-politics-w-metin-pekin-politics-with-paul-88","published_at":"2026-04-14T12:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/is-a-party-less-future-possible-in-american-politics-w-metin-pekin-politics-with-paul-88","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218","url":"https://podcast.paulrader.org/episodes/6TEjQd8hs9X","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.podcastai.com/episodes/6TEjQd8hs9X.mp3?u=1776171105","summary":"Could we see the end of political parties in America in the future? While political parties have existed in this country since the 1790s, they have also often been the target of intense criticism. Despite how much they are lamented and how many voters identify as independents, however, the Democratic and Republican Parties hold the vast majority of elected offices that have partisan elections. But today's guest, Metin Pekin, argues that not only is it necessary to dissolve the party system-- he says it is practical and achievable. Metin is the author of \"Breaking Democracy's Chains: Freeing and Fortifying Democracy Against Hidden Capture.\" Hear his thoughts on how to create a party-less future in American politics, why he believes any number of political parties is a problem, and his responses to criticisms of the idea of no parties.","meta_description":"Could we see the end of political parties in America in the future? While political parties have existed in this country since the 1790s, they have also o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3443,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-with-paul-7031218/episodes/is-a-party-less-future-possible-in-american-politics-w-metin-pekin-politics-with-paul-88/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-with-paul-7031218/is-a-party-less-future-possible-in-american-politics-w-metin-pekin-politics-with-paul-88.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}