{"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 Difference 5.7.26","slug":"resistance-difference-5-7-26","published_at":"2026-05-07T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resistor-vic-podcast-7363376/resistance-difference-5-7-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resistor-vic-podcast-7363376","url":"https://resistorvic.substack.com/p/resistance-difference-5726","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196732329/577d4098eb1e5a02920ce0aed2d33c98.mp3","summary":"People constantly tell me that both parties are the same. In this video, I explain why I think that belief has become a political trap — one that benefits the people steadily dismantling democratic institutions while encouraging the public to disengage in cynicism. Using Mary Howitt’s “The Spider and the Fly” as a metaphor, I compare the very real differences between the modern Republican Party and the Democratic Party on public education, criminal justice, accountability, January 6th, and authoritarianism. Vic Meyers for Democracy 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":"People constantly tell me that both parties are the same. In this video, I explain why I think that belief has become a political trap — one that benefits…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":195,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/resistor-vic-podcast-7363376/episodes/resistance-difference-5-7-26/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-difference-5-7-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}