{"podcast":{"title":"Pridham and Sheafe","slug":"pridham-and-sheafe-6228045","podcast_index_feed_id":6228045,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5796379/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pridham-and-sheafe--5796379","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/48afe5d5752ae0bb11bec287a823f0d4.jpg","author":"David Pridham and Brad Sheafe","episode_count":159,"summary":"David Pridham and Brad Sheafe are big wheels in the world of Intellectual Property. Protecting IP… negotiating licenses on behalf of IP clients… buying up IP’s. Having built one of the world’s largest intellectual property licensing companies, the pair know a lot about business. They also have a keen sense for politics – and how politics can impact business. Where other political shows are exclusively about politics, Pridham and Sheafe connect the dots between government policies, headline politics and growing your business. The two get political…They talk social issues. They jump headfirst into today’s headlines. It’s like listening in on what two businessmen/entrepreneurs have to say about everything going on around them. And like any A-types, David and Brad pull no punches. But they do throw in a lot of humor. So, when you want to practice the best practices as they relate to growing your business…when you want to know how intellectual properties can benefit your company…and when you just want a good laugh – tune in to Pridham and Sheafe – you’re guaranteed to learn and laugh - they're two funny!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pridham-and-sheafe-6228045"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 315 - Democracy Dies in Daycare","slug":"ep-315-democracy-dies-in-daycare","published_at":"2026-01-06T19:35:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pridham-and-sheafe-6228045/ep-315-democracy-dies-in-daycare","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pridham-and-sheafe-6228045","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-315-democracy-dies-in-daycare--69327696","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69327696/ep_315_democracy_dies_in_daycare.mp3","summary":"Ep. 315 - Democracy Dies in Daycare David and Brad kick off 2026 by examining America's fraud epidemic—from Minneapolis' multi-billion dollar Somali daycare scheme to a Florida congresswoman's $300,000 FEMA-funded diamond ring she tried to airbrush out of her Christmas card. Meanwhile, Trump immortalizes Biden's legacy with an auto-pen portrait and the most savage presidential plaque in White House history. Plus: Can Navy SEAL training from the movie \"Frogman\" explain OJ's bloodless crime scene? And why does Instacart defeat the entire purpose of grocery delivery? The guys wrap up 2025's greatest hits and make predictions for the year ahead—spoiler alert: more jackassery incoming.","meta_description":"Ep. 315 - Democracy Dies in Daycare David and Brad kick off 2026 by examining America's fraud epidemic—from Minneapolis' multi-billion dollar Somali dayca…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2488,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pridham-and-sheafe-6228045/episodes/ep-315-democracy-dies-in-daycare/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pridham-and-sheafe-6228045/ep-315-democracy-dies-in-daycare.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}