{"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 Responsibility","slug":"resistance-responsibility","published_at":"2026-04-18T16:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resistor-vic-podcast-7363376/resistance-responsibility","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/resistor-vic-podcast-7363376","url":"https://resistorvic.substack.com/p/resistance-responsibility","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194375319/cbfd6b646a3aa261c63553819765bd8e.mp3","summary":"We don’t just vote for policies. We vote for the people who decide who holds power. The founders built a system to check power, requiring the Senate to confirm presidential nominees to prevent unfit people from taking office. But when we adopted direct election of senators, we didn’t just gain influence. We took on responsibility. If senators confirm unqualified or unfit individuals, that responsibility doesn’t stop with them. It comes back to us. So the question isn’t just who they confirmed. The question is: who put them there? vicmeyersfordemocracy.com 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":"We don’t just vote for policies. We vote for the people who decide who holds power. The founders built a system to check power, requiring the Senate to co…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":207,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/resistor-vic-podcast-7363376/episodes/resistance-responsibility/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-responsibility.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}