{"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 Financial Institutions Became Tools of U.S. Foreign Policy (Second Request)","slug":"how-financial-institutions-became-tools-of-u-s-foreign-policy-second-request","published_at":"2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355/how-financial-institutions-became-tools-of-u-s-foreign-policy-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%2FhNPRKGkEoOBwTOeaZafdkkdzbLBtgw4WG_fx8d-gVuA&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F16065%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/16065/30a151f6-5032-4ea9-8c93-dd6dfcf4dcd1/fa8857bf-fc17-4480-b5f5-3beb88cd7a0d.mp3","summary":"In today's episode of Second Request , Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits down with Graham Steele former former Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and current Academic Fellow at the Rock Center for Corporate Governance. They discuss Steele's recent paper Financial Statecraft and explore the role of financial institutions in American foreign policy, and the tradeoffs for regulation of those industries in the U.S. To learn more about The Capitol Forum click here . To read Graham Steele's paper Financial Statecraft click here .","meta_description":"In today's episode of Second Request , Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits down with Graham Steele former former Assistant Secretary for Financial Institut…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3951,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355/episodes/how-financial-institutions-became-tools-of-u-s-foreign-policy-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-financial-institutions-became-tools-of-u-s-foreign-policy-second-request.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}