{"podcast":{"title":"The Contrarian Pod","slug":"the-contrarian-pod-7410561","podcast_index_feed_id":7410561,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3719374/s/248202.rss","website_url":"https://www.contrariannews.org/s/the-contrarian-pod","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3719374/s/248202/33aa1ca02f99e737c50dac29fca9582c.jpg","author":"The Contrarian","episode_count":12,"summary":"Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen bring you the best of The Contrarian's unflinching journalism to defend democracy—truthful, not neutral. Listen for political and legal analysis, uncompromising interviews, and steps for actionable resistance in defense of democracy.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T10:18:52.557701+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561"},"episode":{"title":"Ezra Levin on Activism and Organizing Beyond Marches and Protests","slug":"ezra-levin-on-activism-and-organizing-beyond-marches-and-protests","published_at":"2026-05-29T20:54:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/ezra-levin-on-activism-and-organizing-beyond-marches-and-protests","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561","url":"https://www.contrariannews.org/p/ezra-levin-on-activism-and-organizing","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199795985/5f516a075f7d9770824d71156e64694e.mp3","summary":"Contrarian editor Tim Dickinson chatted with Ezra Levin, the co-founder of Indivisible. Ezra shared the organization’s plans for action on June 14, commemorating the one year of the first No Kings Day protest, and why new tactics are paramount in the fight against authoritarianism. Levin and Tim also discuss the upcoming midterms and why James Talarico run against Ken Paxton is a once-in-a-generation opportunity in Texas. The Contrarian is owned by nobody. Your paid subscription helps us bring you the brightest voices in politics & culture and fight every day against the Trump chaos machine. Join us on Substack . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.contrariannews.org/subscribe","meta_description":"Contrarian editor Tim Dickinson chatted with Ezra Levin, the co-founder of Indivisible. Ezra shared the organization’s plans for action on June 14, commem…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1302,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/episodes/ezra-levin-on-activism-and-organizing-beyond-marches-and-protests/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/ezra-levin-on-activism-and-organizing-beyond-marches-and-protests.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}