{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Feds","slug":"talking-feds-813740","podcast_index_feed_id":813740,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA2127678588","website_url":"https://www.talkingfeds.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0c16258a-29ea-11f0-8ea5-5b14cbe3bfcf/image/428e32ad80354c0c4882b6153db7a9eb.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Harry Litman","episode_count":518,"summary":"Talking Feds is a roundtable discussion that brings together prominent former government officials, journalists, and special guests for a dynamic and in-depth analysis of the most pressing questions in law and politics.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T18:18:07.721567+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-feds-813740"},"episode":{"title":"David Brooks on Trump, AI, and Fixing America","slug":"david-brooks-on-trump-ai-and-fixing-america","published_at":"2026-07-02T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-feds-813740/david-brooks-on-trump-ai-and-fixing-america","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-feds-813740","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/mgln.ai/e/796/traffic.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA3484378367.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/mgln.ai/e/796/traffic.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA3484378367.mp3","summary":"Harry talks with David Brooks about how we can redeem the society that produced an epidemic of loneliness, a shallow public life, and of course, Donald Trump. The two discuss Brooks’s stubborn optimism and the solutions he thinks could turn the tide toward a stronger, more communal America. Brooks lays out his hopes and fears for AI, warning of a society riven not just by income inequality but “cognitive inequality.” And he describes the kind of leader he’d like to see funnel the widespread demands for change that continue to roil American politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Harry talks with David Brooks about how we can redeem the society that produced an epidemic of loneliness, a shallow public life, and of course, Donald Tr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1949,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-feds-813740/episodes/david-brooks-on-trump-ai-and-fixing-america/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-feds-813740/david-brooks-on-trump-ai-and-fixing-america.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}