{"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":"Kash Crash","slug":"kash-crash","published_at":"2026-04-24T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-feds-813740/kash-crash","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/GEMINIMEDIA7787384357.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/GEMINIMEDIA7787384357.mp3","summary":"As scandals shake Trump’s cabinet, Harry sits down with Emily Bazelon, Conor Lamb, and Charlie Sykes to discuss the revelations about Kash Patel, a Democratic redistricting win in Virginia, and the administration’s latest retaliations. Along the way, the trio discuss what it will take to revive the rule of law and whether there’s a path away from endless gerrymandering. They close by digging into the jaw-dropping details from Emily’s reporting about how Trump turned DHS into an agency incompetent at real law enforcement but adept at inflicting suffering. Mentioned in this episode: Harry’s Substack on the SPLC indictment: https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/funding-extremism-pleaseEmily’s reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/by/emily-bazelon#latest Charlie’s Substack: https://charliesykes.substack.com/ Emily's DHS article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/14/magazine/trump-dhs-ice-officers-immigration-deportations.html Emily’s conversation with Harry about her oral history of the DOJ under Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PDKeMe1mXU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"As scandals shake Trump’s cabinet, Harry sits down with Emily Bazelon, Conor Lamb, and Charlie Sykes to discuss the revelations about Kash Patel, a Democr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3405,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-feds-813740/episodes/kash-crash/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/kash-crash.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}