{"podcast":{"title":"The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman","slug":"the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman-1088547","podcast_index_feed_id":1088547,"rss_url":"https://bradblog.com/podcastgen/bradcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://bradcast.bradblog.com","image_url":"https://bradblog.com/podcastgen/bradcast/images/itunes_image.jpg","author":"Brad Friedman","episode_count":2980,"summary":"Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated daily coast-to-coast and around the globe!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T12:18:05.076359+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman-1088547"},"episode":{"title":"'BradCast' 5/12/2026 (CA Offshore Oil Rig Fire Previews Trump's Next Huge Failure; Guest: Brady Bradshaw of Center for BioDiversity)","slug":"bradcast-5-12-2026-ca-offshore-oil-rig-fire-previews-trump-s-next-huge-failure-guest-brady-bradshaw-of-center-for-biodiversity","published_at":"2026-05-13T02:17:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman-1088547/bradcast-5-12-2026-ca-offshore-oil-rig-fire-previews-trump-s-next-huge-failure-guest-brady-bradshaw-of-center-for-biodiversity","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman-1088547","url":"https://BradBlog.com/audio/BradCast_BradFriedman_Inflation-HouseOdds_BradyBradshaw-OilRigFireSoCal_051226.mp3","audio_url":"https://BradBlog.com/audio/BradCast_BradFriedman_Inflation-HouseOdds_BradyBradshaw-OilRigFireSoCal_051226.mp3","summary":"On today's 'BradCast': It has been grim witnessing Republicans' surge of corrupt actions to rig the critical midterm elections, from the rightwing US Supreme Court, state legislatures, and state courts. But new data show Donald Trump is increasingly unpopular; inflation is rising to its highest level in years; and political analysts favor Democrats to win back the majority in the U.S. House. So pro-democracy Americans still have a chance to defeat autocracy. Marine biologist BRADY BRADSHAW of the Center for Biological Diversity explains how an offshore rig fire off the coast of California this week illustrates the broad, inherently destructive environmental impacts of offshore oil and gas operations, the Trump Administration's corrupt efforts to massively expand offshore drilling, actions to protect our coasts, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'","meta_description":"On today's 'BradCast': It has been grim witnessing Republicans' surge of corrupt actions to rig the critical midterm elections, from the rightwing US Supr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3450,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman-1088547/episodes/bradcast-5-12-2026-ca-offshore-oil-rig-fire-previews-trump-s-next-huge-failure-guest-brady-bradshaw-of-center-for-biodiversity/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman-1088547/bradcast-5-12-2026-ca-offshore-oil-rig-fire-previews-trump-s-next-huge-failure-guest-brady-bradshaw-of-center-for-biodiversity.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}