{"podcast":{"title":"The Journal.","slug":"the-journal-547598","podcast_index_feed_id":547598,"rss_url":"https://video-api.wsj.com/podcast/rss/wsj/the-journal","website_url":"https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b84f9932-8174-11e9-bbd8-7f261513f0c9/image/d84a4f4d55158df9d14f6f2d4b219a28.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Wall Street Journal","episode_count":300,"summary":"The most important stories about money, business and power. Hosted by Ryan Knutson and Jessica Mendoza. The Journal is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal. Get show merch here: https://wsjshop.com/collections/clothing","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T08:20:41.229944+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598"},"episode":{"title":"How Polymarket Made Fake Bets Go Viral","slug":"how-polymarket-made-fake-bets-go-viral","published_at":"2026-07-06T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598/how-polymarket-made-fake-bets-go-viral","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/WSJ5837906066.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/WSJ5837906066.mp3","summary":"Hundreds of social media videos showed people hitting it big on Polymarket. But it turns out, none of it was real. WSJ’s Caitlin Ostroff and Katherine Long report on their investigation into a fake viral marketing campaign. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - Insiders Are Cashing In on Prediction Markets - How Betting on U.S. Politics Is Getting Big Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Hundreds of social media videos showed people hitting it big on Polymarket. But it turns out, none of it was real. WSJ’s Caitlin Ostroff and Katherine Lon…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1341,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-journal-547598/episodes/how-polymarket-made-fake-bets-go-viral/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598/how-polymarket-made-fake-bets-go-viral.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}