{"podcast":{"title":"Seeking the Hidden Thing Podcast","slug":"seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212","podcast_index_feed_id":6406212,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1673613.rss","website_url":"https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1673613/311a02413f9d986e678e61123f04b8a8.jpg","author":"Kruptos","episode_count":204,"summary":"Seeking the Hidden Thing searches for the deeper truths, the wisdom, the understanding, that is hidden beneath the surface. The quest here is to look past the surface phenomenon of our society, seeing what lies on the other side, making sense of it all.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212"},"episode":{"title":"158. Why Ideological Populism Is a Dead End","slug":"158-why-ideological-populism-is-a-dead-end","published_at":"2026-03-20T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212/158-why-ideological-populism-is-a-dead-end","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212","url":"https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/158-why-ideological-populism-is-a","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190135399/3abad14bd35d4b5d29974a707dc3baee.mp3","summary":"The politics of ideas -- conservative vs. liberal -- and the notion of popular sovereignty persist to this day. We need to understand why populism is a political dead end. Seeking the Hidden Thing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Sponsorship Partners FoxNSons Coffee Steve Fox is one of “our guys” and he sells coffee. Good coffee. If you live in the US — sorry Canadians…too much government red tape involved in shipping coffee over the border…my supply comes hand delivered — he can ship you your coffee right to your doorstep. Go to the FoxNSons website now and use the promo code “kruptos” for a 15% discount. Axios Fitness Coaching JD is also one of “our guys” and he wants to help you get fit and stay fit for what is coming. Head over to Axios and get started today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/subscribe","meta_description":"The politics of ideas -- conservative vs. liberal -- and the notion of popular sovereignty persist to this day. We need to understand why populism is a po…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1616,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212/episodes/158-why-ideological-populism-is-a-dead-end/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212/158-why-ideological-populism-is-a-dead-end.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}