{"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":"Emmanuel Saez: Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rates Than Their Assistants","slug":"emmanuel-saez-billionaires-pay-lower-tax-rates-than-their-assistants","published_at":"2026-08-25T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fenton-forecast-choosing-our-future-7815754/emmanuel-saez-billionaires-pay-lower-tax-rates-than-their-assistants","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fenton-forecast-choosing-our-future-7815754","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/795b3170","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/795b3170/7f6daf1f.mp3","summary":"Economist Emmanuel Saez wrote California's first-ever billionaire wealth tax. The Berkeley economist behind Prop 40 explains why a 1% wealth tax could raise $20 billion a year — and why Google's co-founders are spending millions to stop it.","meta_description":"Economist Emmanuel Saez wrote California's first-ever billionaire wealth tax. The Berkeley economist behind Prop 40 explains why a 1% wealth tax could rai…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2568,"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/emmanuel-saez-billionaires-pay-lower-tax-rates-than-their-assistants/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/emmanuel-saez-billionaires-pay-lower-tax-rates-than-their-assistants.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}