{"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' 7/15/2026 (Voice of America Being Unlawfully Used for Propaganda; Guest: Former VOA White House Chief Steve Herman)","slug":"bradcast-7-15-2026-voice-of-america-being-unlawfully-used-for-propaganda-guest-former-voa-white-house-chief-steve-herman","published_at":"2026-07-16T02:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman-1088547/bradcast-7-15-2026-voice-of-america-being-unlawfully-used-for-propaganda-guest-former-voa-white-house-chief-steve-herman","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman-1088547","url":"https://BradBlog.com/audio/BradCast_BradFriedman_SteveHerman-VOAPropagandaIran_ClaytonSenate-MuskBriberyWI-TrumpLindellMN_071526.mp3","audio_url":"https://BradBlog.com/audio/BradCast_BradFriedman_SteveHerman-VOAPropagandaIran_ClaytonSenate-MuskBriberyWI-TrumpLindellMN_071526.mp3","summary":"On today's 'BradCast': For more than 80 years, Voice of America was a beloved world treasure, broadcasting across the globe in 49 languages as a living example of a free press, free speech, and American 'soft power'. Former VOA White House Bureau Chief STEVE HERMAN explains new allegations by former VOA correspondents that the Trump Administration is unlawfully abusing the news agency to promote propaganda in violation of VOA's mission, handing 'a strategic victory' to America's adversaries in ceding the information space to ramp up their own global influence operations, and much more. Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, refused to say who won the 2020 election in his Senate confirmation hearing. Wisconsin election commission alleges billionaire Elon Musk committed criminal election fraud. Trump endorsed troubled 2020 election denier Mike Lindell for governor of Michigan.","meta_description":"On today's 'BradCast': For more than 80 years, Voice of America was a beloved world treasure, broadcasting across the globe in 49 languages as a living ex…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3454,"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-7-15-2026-voice-of-america-being-unlawfully-used-for-propaganda-guest-former-voa-white-house-chief-steve-herman/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-7-15-2026-voice-of-america-being-unlawfully-used-for-propaganda-guest-former-voa-white-house-chief-steve-herman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}