{"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 - Trump’s B-Team","slug":"what-next-trump-s-b-team","published_at":"2026-06-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-daily-feed-530620/what-next-trump-s-b-team","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-daily-feed-530620","url":"https://shows.acast.com/whatnext-daily-news-and-analysis/episodes/6a2727f0a917ce4c701b8232","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6961268923ce58f14615840d/a/slatedailyfeed-podcasts/e/6a2727f0a917ce4c701b8232/media.mp3","summary":"Why would Trump choose Bill Pulte to be the new acting Director of National Intelligence? Pulte may not have a background in national security, but since he was already Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, you have to admit it was convenient to hire from the batch of people who were already around. Guest: Andrew Egger , White House correspondent for the Bulwark .  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 Evan Campbell, Madeline Ducharme, Patrick Fort, Rob Gunther and Paige Osburn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Why would Trump choose Bill Pulte to be the new acting Director of National Intelligence? Pulte may not have a background in national security, but since…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1734,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/slate-daily-feed-530620/episodes/what-next-trump-s-b-team/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-trump-s-b-team.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}