{"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":"Redistricting Roulette","slug":"redistricting-roulette","published_at":"2026-05-11T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-feds-813740/redistricting-roulette","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/GEMINIMEDIA4092315025.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/GEMINIMEDIA4092315025.mp3","summary":"After a bombshell redistricting ruling in Virginia shakes the midterms map, Harry talks with three top political minds—David French, Mara Liasson, and Mike Murphy—to try to get a sense of the outlook for November. Will two seismic court verdicts end Democrats’ hopes of retaking the House? Or will a strong anti-Trump tide power them to a win anyway? Can Trump keep Republicans in line, even as his approval rating hits record lows? And is there any rhyme, reason, or endpoint to Trump’s latest skirmishes with Iran? Mentioned in this episode: David’s columns: https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-french Mara’s reporting: https://www.npr.org/people/1930401/mara-liasson Mike’s podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hacks-on-tap/id1467297559 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"After a bombshell redistricting ruling in Virginia shakes the midterms map, Harry talks with three top political minds—David French, Mara Liasson, and Mik…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3541,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-feds-813740/episodes/redistricting-roulette/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/redistricting-roulette.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}