{"podcast":{"title":"Stateside with Kai and Carter","slug":"stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609","podcast_index_feed_id":7845609,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/stateside-with-kai-and-carter","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c/1777551850775-938db07e-46a9-4185-9bdb-724602b6bdd7.jpeg","author":"The Guardian","episode_count":30,"summary":"The news is stressful. Talking about it doesn’t have to be. Join The Guardian’s Kai Wright and Carter Sherman for conversations with the best journalists and biggest thinkers. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:20:55.335272+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609"},"episode":{"title":"450 years in jail: the leftist activists convicted of terrorism","slug":"450-years-in-jail-the-leftist-activists-convicted-of-terrorism","published_at":"2026-06-29T20:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/450-years-in-jail-the-leftist-activists-convicted-of-terrorism","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609","url":"https://shows.acast.com/stateside-with-kai-and-carter/episodes/how-trumps-doj-used-zines-to-convict-leftists-of-terrorism","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c/e/6a42cda92ba1fb6a8032d197/media.mp3","summary":"After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Trump administration vowed to prosecute \"antifa\" activists for domestic terrorism. Now, it's made good on that threat. A group of activists who joined an anti-ICE protest that went dangerously awry have been sentenced to decades in prison, and the case could have enormous consequences for the future of the First Amendment and American protests. Carter Sherman speaks with Guardian reporter Lex McMenamin , one of the few journalists to have interviewed the activists at the heart of the case. Lex McMenmanin’s story ‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison Sam Levine’s reporting on the Prairieland trial and additional background on the case  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Trump administration vowed to prosecute \"antifa\" activists for domestic terrorism. Now, it's made good on tha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2218,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/episodes/450-years-in-jail-the-leftist-activists-convicted-of-terrorism/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/450-years-in-jail-the-leftist-activists-convicted-of-terrorism.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}