{"podcast":{"title":"The Commonweal Podcast","slug":"the-commonweal-podcast-1149321","podcast_index_feed_id":1149321,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SM6960592741","website_url":"https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c43b0266-03d6-11e9-ac4b-9f69196cf7b2/image/CommonwealPodcast_CoverArt.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Commonweal Magazine","episode_count":197,"summary":"Conversations at the intersection of politics, religion, and culture: Commonweal Magazine editor Dominic Preziosi hosts The Commonweal Podcast, a regular compendium of in-depth interviews, discussions, and profiles presented by Commonweal’s editors and contributors.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T08:21:08.952371+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commonweal-podcast-1149321"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 146 - Aging in America","slug":"ep-146-aging-in-america","published_at":"2025-02-06T21:48:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commonweal-podcast-1149321/ep-146-aging-in-america","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commonweal-podcast-1149321","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SM1412665897.mp3?updated=1738878806","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SM1412665897.mp3?updated=1738878806","summary":"Fights over federal spending usually follow a predictable pattern, with Republicans attempting to cut entitlement programs as Democrats seek to expand the social safety net. One thing that’s rarely threatened, though, is Social Security, a testament to the political clout of “older people”—formerly known as “senior citizens” in America. How did things get that way? On this episode, historian James Chappel speaks about his recent book Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age, which details the creation of Social Security as it criticizes the failure of the political left to make its benefits more broadly available. For further reading: Peter Quinn on aging, aging, and gratitude Rand Richards Cooper on caring for aging parents James Chappel on material insecurity Charles Morris on the future of social security","meta_description":"Fights over federal spending usually follow a predictable pattern, with Republicans attempting to cut entitlement programs as Democrats seek to expand the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2545,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-commonweal-podcast-1149321/episodes/ep-146-aging-in-america/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commonweal-podcast-1149321/ep-146-aging-in-america.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}