{"podcast":{"title":"Slate Daily Feed","slug":"slate-daily-feed-530620","podcast_index_feed_id":530620,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/696925135f7f66b0e44666db","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/696925135f7f66b0e44666db/cover-35359de9-6dd6-458b-b7a1-bb3a2f466642.jpg","author":"Slate","episode_count":5000,"summary":"The Slate Daily feed includes new episodes from more than 30 shows in the Slate Podcast Network. You'll get thought provoking analysis, storytelling, and commentary on everything from news and politics to arts, culture, technology, and entertainment. Discover new shows you never knew you were missing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T06:21:03.685217+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-daily-feed-530620"},"episode":{"title":"What Next - Mitch, Lindsey and the Gerontocracy","slug":"what-next-mitch-lindsey-and-the-gerontocracy","published_at":"2026-07-13T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-daily-feed-530620/what-next-mitch-lindsey-and-the-gerontocracy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-daily-feed-530620","url":"https://shows.acast.com/whatnext-daily-news-and-analysis/episodes/6a500a582b60482dd276f41c","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6961268923ce58f14615840d/a/slatedailyfeed-podcasts/e/6a500a582b60482dd276f41c/media.mp3","summary":"Mitch McConnell’s “extended absence” (let’s call it that) from the Senate has drawn attention to the fact that the average age of American lawmakers has been skyrocketing. Is it time to talk about mandatory retirement ages? Guest: Sam Moyn, author of Gerontocracy in America , Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Rob Gunther, Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort. Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Mitch McConnell’s “extended absence” (let’s call it that) from the Senate has drawn attention to the fact that the average age of American lawmakers has b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1822,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/slate-daily-feed-530620/episodes/what-next-mitch-lindsey-and-the-gerontocracy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-daily-feed-530620/what-next-mitch-lindsey-and-the-gerontocracy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}