{"podcast":{"title":"Slate News","slug":"slate-news-494234","podcast_index_feed_id":494234,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/696fee067668cfdea3a2870a","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/696fee067668cfdea3a2870a/cover-1ac7369a-6073-451d-b9a6-5326c942d419.jpg","author":"Slate Podcasts","episode_count":4897,"summary":"After the Trump administration launched a massive Immigrations and Customs Enforcement operation in Minnesota, protesters gathered to defend immigrant neighbors. Renee Nicole Good, a mother of a six year old, showed up with her wife and dog to film altercations between officers and community members. What happened next changed everything. Guest: Jon Collins, senior reporter on the Minnesota Public Radio News race, class and communities team. 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 Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T06:20:34.669540+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-news-494234"},"episode":{"title":"Political Gabfest -  Gabfest Reads | Why Liberalism Needs to Reclaim the Center","slug":"political-gabfest-gabfest-reads-why-liberalism-needs-to-reclaim-the-center","published_at":"2026-05-16T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-news-494234/political-gabfest-gabfest-reads-why-liberalism-needs-to-reclaim-the-center","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-news-494234","url":"https://shows.acast.com/political-gabfest/episodes/gabfest-reads-why-liberalism-needs-to-reclaim-the-center","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/696568de9ab39048a63ed7f7/a/slatenews-podcasts/e/6a06065168dc584edad43276/media.mp3","summary":"In this month’s episode of Gabfest Reads, John Dickerson interviews Bloomberg columnist Adrian Wooldridge about his new book The Revolutionary Center: The Lost Genius of Liberalism . In a moment when American democracy is under assault from authoritarian populists and dogmatic progressives, Wooldridge argues that liberalism itself offers the most resilient framework for pluralistic, self-correcting societies.  Dickerson and Wooldridge discuss what liberalism really is, why both the left and right have become illiberal, and what citizens can do to defend the democratic principles on which the nation was built. Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Nina Porzucki. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this month’s episode of Gabfest Reads, John Dickerson interviews Bloomberg columnist Adrian Wooldridge about his new book The Revolutionary Center: The…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2859,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/slate-news-494234/episodes/political-gabfest-gabfest-reads-why-liberalism-needs-to-reclaim-the-center/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-news-494234/political-gabfest-gabfest-reads-why-liberalism-needs-to-reclaim-the-center.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}