{"podcast":{"title":"The Joe Pags Show","slug":"the-joe-pags-show-4835546","podcast_index_feed_id":4835546,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SHDI3057450256","website_url":"https://joepags.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/4544baf0-752b-11ec-9a4f-bbd058343b63/image/d2a6bcfbec633fae291f185c14ad910f.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Joe Pags","episode_count":4322,"summary":"The official podcast of the nationally syndicated Joe Pags Show heard weekday afternoons from 5-8. The Joe Pags Show can be heard on multiple stations across the country and worldwide on joepags.com","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T02:17:37.724970+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-joe-pags-show-4835546"},"episode":{"title":"Race Over Merit? Pags Takes On Summer Lee + Dr. Jesse Lopez Unpacks the Headlines - July 15 Hr 2","slug":"race-over-merit-pags-takes-on-summer-lee-dr-jesse-lopez-unpacks-the-headlines-july-15-hr-2","published_at":"2026-07-16T01:27:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-joe-pags-show-4835546/race-over-merit-pags-takes-on-summer-lee-dr-jesse-lopez-unpacks-the-headlines-july-15-hr-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-joe-pags-show-4835546","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SHDI8486951521.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SHDI8486951521.mp3","summary":"Pags sounds off on Congresswoman Summer Lee, accusing her of pushing a race-based narrative instead of focusing on merit. He challenges her comments by asking a simple question: shouldn't every patient want the best doctor possible, regardless of race? Pags argues America shouldn't judge people's abilities by the color of their skin and explains why he believes this debate should have ended generations ago. Then, Dr. Jesse Lopez joins for a wide-ranging conversation on the Taco Bell parasite outbreak, the government's $1.55 billion purchase of additional COVID-19 vaccines, concerns about vaccine side effects, and how two foreign nationals allegedly entered the U.S. carrying hundreds of samples of monkeypox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Pags sounds off on Congresswoman Summer Lee, accusing her of pushing a race-based narrative instead of focusing on merit. He challenges her comments by as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2660,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-joe-pags-show-4835546/episodes/race-over-merit-pags-takes-on-summer-lee-dr-jesse-lopez-unpacks-the-headlines-july-15-hr-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-joe-pags-show-4835546/race-over-merit-pags-takes-on-summer-lee-dr-jesse-lopez-unpacks-the-headlines-july-15-hr-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}