{"podcast":{"title":"The Argument","slug":"the-argument-7510944","podcast_index_feed_id":7510944,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2541989.rss","website_url":"https://www.theargumentmag.com/s/the-argument-podcast","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/bb2xld0b9syshjzu9w1dmr8yfbqo?.jpg","author":"Jerusalem Demsas & Matthew Yglesias","episode_count":37,"summary":"Has affirmative action gone too far? Should we abolish internet anonymity? Is liberal hypocrisy worth defending? Welcome to The Argument, a weekly podcast from Jerusalem Demsas and Matthew Yglesias, where two friends argue about politics, policy, and whatever else is on their minds. This is a debate show for people who want the nitty-gritty without the typical screaming matches or softball interviews. Each week, one host argues a distinctive point of view — armed with facts and research, not just pundit bluster — and then Matthew and Jerusalem hash it out. New episodes post every Thursday. You can find The Argument on Substack, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts. www.theargumentmag.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:20:30.719361+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-argument-7510944"},"episode":{"title":"The Scientific Method Comes for Criminal Justice","slug":"the-scientific-method-comes-for-criminal-justice","published_at":"2026-02-17T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-argument-7510944/the-scientific-method-comes-for-criminal-justice","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-argument-7510944","url":"https://www.theargumentmag.com/s/the-argument-podcast","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2541989/episodes/18697061-the-scientific-method-comes-for-criminal-justice.mp3","summary":"Economists love to say there are no free lunches. Jennifer Doleac thinks criminal justice is one of the rare places where that’s wrong. In this episode, host and Editor of The Argument, Jerusalem Demsas talks with Doleac—economist and author of The Science of Second Chances—about what happens when you treat crime policy like an empirical problem instead of a morality play. Rejecting the false choice of being \"tough on crime\" or \"soft on crime,\" Doleac surfaces a surprising number of ref...","meta_description":"Economists love to say there are no free lunches. Jennifer Doleac thinks criminal justice is one of the rare places where that’s wrong. In this episode, h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4195,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-argument-7510944/episodes/the-scientific-method-comes-for-criminal-justice/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-argument-7510944/the-scientific-method-comes-for-criminal-justice.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}