{"podcast":{"title":"Resistor Vic Podcast","slug":"resistor-vic-podcast-7363376","podcast_index_feed_id":7363376,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3494171.rss","website_url":"https://resistorvic.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3494171/4348cc6c098e8936fc06bbde3ea16c14.jpg","author":"Resistor Vic getting Main St voices into the political conversation","episode_count":319,"summary":"50s year old, veteran, rural, liberal in a maga county doing my part to preserve our democracy.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T00:19:15.959746+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resistor-vic-podcast-7363376"},"episode":{"title":"Resistance Choices 5.10.26","slug":"resistance-choices-5-10-26","published_at":"2026-05-10T19:32:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resistor-vic-podcast-7363376/resistance-choices-5-10-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resistor-vic-podcast-7363376","url":"https://resistorvic.substack.com/p/resistance-choices-51026","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197135649/30726e65b21b49aa48c34bce98f1c8a8.mp3","summary":"Americans have been talking about voting for “the lesser of two evils” for decades. But not every election is actually a choice between evil and evil. In this piece, I look at where that mindset came from, why it became so common in modern politics, and why I think voters have more power than we sometimes admit. I also give a few examples of candidates, that if they win their primaries, will allow for a choice in November that will not be the lesser of two evils. Julie Gonzales for U.S. Senate in Colorado Erin Petrey for Congress in Kentucky 6 Leila Staton for Iowa House Dist 54 Jeff Pixley for Congress in Oklahoma 4 Blythe Potter for Indiana Sec State Kelly Thompson for Congress Indiana 3 Victoria Broderick for Congress Tennessee 4 And if I may be so bold, Vic Meyers for Colorado House District 47 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Americans have been talking about voting for “the lesser of two evils” for decades. But not every election is actually a choice between evil and evil. In…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":200,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/resistor-vic-podcast-7363376/episodes/resistance-choices-5-10-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resistor-vic-podcast-7363376/resistance-choices-5-10-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}