{"podcast":{"title":"The Gaggle: An Arizona politics podcast","slug":"the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050","podcast_index_feed_id":1119050,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/AZUSA7360410720","website_url":"http://www.azcentral.com/politics/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0b26e284-2b01-11e9-a2fd-232c2bf9e72c/image/5e1c5268ca383a9558e6948b454fd74e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"azcentral podcasts","episode_count":547,"summary":"Helping you keep up with what matters in Arizona's political news. Each week we interview politicians, public figures or journalists to break down one local issue and how it affects your life in Arizona. Coming to you every Wednesday morning, The Gaggle is hosted by The Arizona Republic's national political reporters Ron Hansen and Stephanie Murray, and is produced by Amanda Luberto.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T02:20:03.530881+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050"},"episode":{"title":"Outspoken: How Indigenous people influenced the Founding Fathers","slug":"outspoken-how-indigenous-people-influenced-the-founding-fathers","published_at":"2026-06-12T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050/outspoken-how-indigenous-people-influenced-the-founding-fathers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AZUSA8119451647.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AZUSA8119451647.mp3","summary":"In grievance 27 of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson denounces “the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is the undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.” For Native nations, those words were more than rhetoric; they helped license a policy of removal and erasure that would define the next century of U.S. expansion. In this Outspoken conversation, we ask historian Donald Grinde Jr. how that clause shaped American attitudes toward Native peoples and what the founders also learned, and borrowed, from Indigenous governments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In grievance 27 of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson denounces “the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is the undisting…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1055,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050/episodes/outspoken-how-indigenous-people-influenced-the-founding-fathers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050/outspoken-how-indigenous-people-influenced-the-founding-fathers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}