{"podcast":{"title":"Agitation Nation: A Podcast From The Fenton Forecast","slug":"the-fenton-forecast-choosing-our-future-7815754","podcast_index_feed_id":7815754,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/agitation-nation-fenton-forecast","website_url":"https://www.fentonforecast.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6qbyLftoPQhK4YENB32zj3-BHyZRHQdhiGH3SOxsH9c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MGEz/NDg5YjMxZjE3YTZi/YzdkMmFhM2UzOWY1/NDM5ZS5qcGc.jpg","author":"David Fenton","episode_count":22,"summary":"Agitate against tech billionaires. Against oil companies toasting the planet for profit, and the politicians they’ve bought. Agitate against racism, fascism, and the new feudalism. AGITATION NATION, the podcast featuring America's agitators, scientists, activists, and insurgent thinkers working for a better country. Hosted by David Fenton, from the Fenton Forecast newsletter.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T12:17:01.605266+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fenton-forecast-choosing-our-future-7815754"},"episode":{"title":"American Midnight: How History Shows We Can Overcome Today's Authoritarianism with Adam Hochschild","slug":"american-midnight-how-history-shows-we-can-overcome-today-s-authoritarianism-with-adam-hochschild","published_at":"2026-07-13T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fenton-forecast-choosing-our-future-7815754/american-midnight-how-history-shows-we-can-overcome-today-s-authoritarianism-with-adam-hochschild","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fenton-forecast-choosing-our-future-7815754","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/9589f774","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/9589f774/a8133141.mp3","summary":"Historian and journalist Adam Hochschild joins David Fenton to explore how America's darkest periods of repression and corruption mirror today's challenges. From Woodrow Wilson's mass arrests to immigration crackdowns that contributed to the Holocaust, Hochschild reveals how we've survived authoritarianism before and offers hope for resistance movements today. Connect with David on his website: https://www.fentonforecast.com Tune in every Tuesday for a new episode of The Fenton Forecast. Subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform and never miss an episode!","meta_description":"Historian and journalist Adam Hochschild joins David Fenton to explore how America's darkest periods of repression and corruption mirror today's challenge…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3683,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fenton-forecast-choosing-our-future-7815754/episodes/american-midnight-how-history-shows-we-can-overcome-today-s-authoritarianism-with-adam-hochschild/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fenton-forecast-choosing-our-future-7815754/american-midnight-how-history-shows-we-can-overcome-today-s-authoritarianism-with-adam-hochschild.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}