{"podcast":{"title":"Texas Take","slug":"texas-take-692181","podcast_index_feed_id":692181,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SFO9350148417","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/07764966-9c15-11ed-972f-a7772211962d/image/image.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Scott Kingsley","episode_count":254,"summary":"Go behind the headlines for a look at what's really going on at the Texas Capitol and in Washington with the state's #1 political podcast: Texas Take. Join the conversation featuring Houston Chronicle/San Antonio Express-News political writer Jeremy Wallace.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T04:20:30.375643+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-take-692181"},"episode":{"title":"The Incredible Shrinking NRA?","slug":"the-incredible-shrinking-nra","published_at":"2026-04-14T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-take-692181/the-incredible-shrinking-nra","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-take-692181","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/DGE379/traffic.megaphone.fm/SFO6481816477.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/DGE379/traffic.megaphone.fm/SFO6481816477.mp3","summary":"Scandal and declining membership have beset the National Rifle Association in recent years, but the group is still expecting 70,000 gun owners to descend on Houston starting Thursday for its annual convention. Justin Davis, Director of Public Affairs for the NRA, sat down with Texas Take Podcast host Jeremy Wallace to discuss how the organization is trying to win back members and what it's done to better watch how money is spent. For just the second time since 2015, President Donald Trump will be a no-show at the event. Davis also defends the NRA’s opposition to red flag laws and the gun safety measures passed in Congress after the Uvalde school shooting in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Scandal and declining membership have beset the National Rifle Association in recent years, but the group is still expecting 70,000 gun owners to descend…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1093,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/texas-take-692181/episodes/the-incredible-shrinking-nra/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-take-692181/the-incredible-shrinking-nra.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}