{"podcast":{"title":"The Beat with Ari Melber","slug":"the-beat-with-ari-melber-743451","podcast_index_feed_id":743451,"rss_url":"https://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber","website_url":"https://www.ms.now/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/bac1b529-5924-47d7-a26e-2bb1c59c1103/74d0c257-fe33-4fb8-958a-b992b3d3dfc5/3000x3000/ms-20now-20rebrand-tb-3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Ari Melber, MS NOW","episode_count":1146,"summary":"Ari Melber delivers the biggest political and news stories of the day, with interviews and original reporting from around the nation. An Emmy-winning journalist, attorney and former Senate staffer, Melber cuts through the spin and the noise to tell you what's really happening. Real news, every night.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T10:20:46.746896+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beat-with-ari-melber-743451"},"episode":{"title":"BONUS: Ari & Rick Ross on BLM, hustle, book & if Drake is \"the past\"'","slug":"bonus-ari-rick-ross-on-blm-hustle-book-if-drake-is-the-past","published_at":"2026-05-18T21:56:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beat-with-ari-melber-743451/bonus-ari-rick-ross-on-blm-hustle-book-if-drake-is-the-past","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beat-with-ari-melber-743451","url":"https://www.ms.now/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/injector.simplecastaudio.com/d41147e2-9082-47cd-909a-165d88b1e209/episodes/4c729088-e700-4252-98ad-f7af25645efb/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=d41147e2-9082-47cd-909a-165d88b1e209&awEpisodeId=4c729088-e700-4252-98ad-f7af25645efb&feed=TA5rXVG0","summary":"In this podcast extra, rapper and entrepreneur Rick Ross shares his business mindset, timeless hustling, and outlook of his new book, \"Renaissance of a Boss: Notes from a Creative Reawakening,\" in this extended interview with Ari Melber. Ross weighs in on Drake's new project and several figures in hip hop. Melber also asks Ross about his \"Marathon\" lyrics regarding modern protests and BLM video activism -- including critiques about chasing \"trends\" in the movement.","meta_description":"In this podcast extra, rapper and entrepreneur Rick Ross shares his business mindset, timeless hustling, and outlook of his new book, \"Renaissance of a Bo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1125,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beat-with-ari-melber-743451/episodes/bonus-ari-rick-ross-on-blm-hustle-book-if-drake-is-the-past/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beat-with-ari-melber-743451/bonus-ari-rick-ross-on-blm-hustle-book-if-drake-is-the-past.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}