{"podcast":{"title":"The American Idea","slug":"the-american-idea-3723802","podcast_index_feed_id":3723802,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/amideapodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/amideapodcast","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/amideapodcast/20221108_061125_bfec74f0f38da83852b24c4693542ed7.jpg","author":"Ashbrook Center","episode_count":237,"summary":"The American Idea explores America's history and principles and what they mean today. The podcast is a production of the Ashbrook Center and hosted by Dr. Jeff Sikkenga.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T00:20:17.135791+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802"},"episode":{"title":"Missouri v. Biden: Free Speech, Coercion, and Government Power","slug":"missouri-v-biden-free-speech-coercion-and-government-power","published_at":"2026-04-08T10:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/missouri-v-biden-free-speech-coercion-and-government-power","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/amideapodcast/2694906","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/44047/2694906/amideapodcast/2026_04_08_00_09_12_1dedd271-bd43-459d-9d6b-0c068ce729d5.mp3","summary":"The First Amendment’s free speech clause is meant to protect Americans against government abridgment of free expression. How does this apply to social media companies when they are subjected to both formal and informal pressure from members of a president’s inner circle? Although a narrow ruling, MO v. Biden makes clear the relevance of free speech, regardless of the state of technology at a given time in our history. Read NCLA’s press release: https://nclalegal.org/press_release/ncla-reaches-historic-settlement-strikes-major-blow-against-governments-social-media-censorship/ Host: Jeff Sikkenga Executive Producer: Jeremy Gypton Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/theamericanidea Homepage: https://ashbrook.org/the-american-idea-podcast/","meta_description":"The First Amendment’s free speech clause is meant to protect Americans against government abridgment of free expression. How does this apply to social med…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1795,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-american-idea-3723802/episodes/missouri-v-biden-free-speech-coercion-and-government-power/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/missouri-v-biden-free-speech-coercion-and-government-power.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}