{"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":"The Secret History of Forced Arbitration (Second Request)","slug":"the-secret-history-of-forced-arbitration-second-request","published_at":"2026-05-15T21:21:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355/the-secret-history-of-forced-arbitration-second-request","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_16065_6b93ff3c-59a4-4c17-8f2e-5d2cbea333c5&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F16065%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/16065/6b93ff3c-59a4-4c17-8f2e-5d2cbea333c5/SR_Ballou.mp3","summary":"When you signed up for Disney+, you probably signed away your right to sue Disney. Most Americans have — buried in the terms and conditions of many apps is a legal clause called forced arbitration, and it's become corporate America's get-out-of-court-free card. Today on Second Request , Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits down with Brendan Ballou — former special counsel in the DOJ's Antitrust Division and author of the new book When Companies Run the Courts: How Forced Arbitration Became America's Secret Justice System — to discuss the history and impact of forced arbitration in America.","meta_description":"When you signed up for Disney+, you probably signed away your right to sue Disney. Most Americans have — buried in the terms and conditions of many apps i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3835,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-capitol-forum-podcast-3964355/episodes/the-secret-history-of-forced-arbitration-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/the-secret-history-of-forced-arbitration-second-request.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}