{"podcast":{"title":"River to River","slug":"river-to-river-1060576","podcast_index_feed_id":1060576,"rss_url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7cee9f6/2147483647/strip/false/crop/3000x3000+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fea%2Fb9%2F816b46a344b5bd56d5470b36497d%2Friver-to-river-podcast.png","author":"Iowa Public Radio (digitalservices@iowapublicradio.org)","episode_count":100,"summary":"River to River is a conversation about the news with an Iowa perspective. Together we dig into the story behind the headlines - we talk with newsmakers and a diverse range of experts to find out how the news affects you. We take on challenging topics, explore issues from all sides, and foster conversation and understanding","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T00:17:13.366040+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576"},"episode":{"title":"Political strategist David Axelrod on partisanship, midterms and more","slug":"political-strategist-david-axelrod-on-partisanship-midterms-and-more","published_at":"2026-05-01T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576/political-strategist-david-axelrod-on-partisanship-midterms-and-more","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576","url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/2026-05-01/political-strategist-david-axelrod-on-partisanship-midterms-and-more","audio_url":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/4c9587f2-e550-4709-b293-ad0300ce922d/5d200c83-8a20-48a7-ab87-ad51012cafbe/1e3b6981-e4b5-4c76-9a5d-b43c015b595e/audio.mp3","summary":"David Axelrod has been one of the most influential voices in American politics for four decades — he helped build the Obama coalition, he has watched the Democratic Party lose its way with working people and he's not pulling punches about what comes next. On this episode, we listen back to highlights from a recent wide-ranging conversation Axelrod, recorded live at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City.","meta_description":"David Axelrod has been one of the most influential voices in American politics for four decades — he helped build the Obama coalition, he has watched the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3497,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/river-to-river-1060576/episodes/political-strategist-david-axelrod-on-partisanship-midterms-and-more/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576/political-strategist-david-axelrod-on-partisanship-midterms-and-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}