{"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":"Sen. Chris Murphy Is Looking for 'Meaning and Connection in a Broken America'","slug":"sen-chris-murphy-is-looking-for-meaning-and-connection-in-a-broken-america","published_at":"2026-05-27T20:45:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/sen-chris-murphy-is-looking-for-meaning-and-connection-in-a-broken-america","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-pod-7410561","url":"https://www.contrariannews.org/p/sen-chris-murphy-is-looking-for-meaning","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199511370/600a7aa543c30f1cfdd768a18ab7859b.mp3","summary":"Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) newest book, Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America explains that our obsession with Trump distracts us from fixing what was already broken in our society. Senator Murphy sat down with Contrarian contributor April Ryan to share why now was the time to write the book, how we rebuild community and his thoughts on a potential 2028 presidential run. 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":"Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) newest book, Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America explains that our obsession w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1215,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-contrarian-pod-7410561/episodes/sen-chris-murphy-is-looking-for-meaning-and-connection-in-a-broken-america/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/sen-chris-murphy-is-looking-for-meaning-and-connection-in-a-broken-america.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}