{"podcast":{"title":"The Capitol Forum","slug":"the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355","podcast_index_feed_id":3964355,"rss_url":"https://publicfeeds.net/f/16065/feed-rss.xml","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/second-request","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/16065/images/4ce547a2-ab91-4eda-918a-6e44c4a65c99/825fbf8e371cab8e50be6794d88445da43e6ea19b2c4d6511353303058e4a9e7d6b8746e57e44ff1b02caeb88c4b50a0438ed5b52aad59a13f3a2a99cf0c3360.jpeg","author":"The Capitol Forum (asingh@thecapitolforum.com)","episode_count":139,"summary":"Power in Washington isn't announced — it's revealed. The Capitol Forum brings you inside the policy discussions and corporate investigations that move markets and shape American life. Listen to Second Request with Teddy Downey for sharp, unfiltered analysis of antitrust policy in America. Then stay for TCF Investigates with Arjun Singh, a narrative documentary series bringing listeners inside the reporting, sources, and regulatory developments shaping markets and corporate strategy.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T08:19:22.996868+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355"},"episode":{"title":"How Amazon is Capturing Local Government Procurement (Second Request)","slug":"how-amazon-is-capturing-local-government-procurement-second-request","published_at":"2026-01-02T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355/how-amazon-is-capturing-local-government-procurement-second-request","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=gid%3A%2F%2Fart19-episode-locator%2FV0%2FUflG24W57iewb6IVXRFrtplexzcX6lgb7vnJObwXPps&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F16065%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/16065/6605d00e-7711-4f85-b027-a753372c29d4/56ebf809-2bb5-4b24-9f39-ef1c6475abc3.mp3","summary":"Amazon has inked contracts with local governments, municipalities and school districts that often bypasses the traditional guardrails in the procurement process. In this episode of Second Request , The Capitol Forum's Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits down with Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance about ISLR's recent report \"Amazon’s Capture of Local Government Purchasing Is Driving Up Public Costs and Eliminating Competition.\" To learn more about The Capitol Forum click here . Read Stacy Mitchell's report here .","meta_description":"Amazon has inked contracts with local governments, municipalities and school districts that often bypasses the traditional guardrails in the procurement p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3583,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355/episodes/how-amazon-is-capturing-local-government-procurement-second-request/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355/how-amazon-is-capturing-local-government-procurement-second-request.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}