{"podcast":{"title":"The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell","slug":"the-last-word-with-lawrence-o-donnell-525416","podcast_index_feed_id":525416,"rss_url":"https://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/the-last-word","website_url":"https://www.ms.now/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/bac1b529-5924-47d7-a26e-2bb1c59c1103/2bc13a0b-cd83-4611-b3f3-05ee5be4f66c/3000x3000/ms-20now-20rebrand-lw-3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW","episode_count":227,"summary":"Drawing upon his experience as a former chief of staff on the Senate Finance Committee and as an Emmy-winning executive producer and writer of ‘The West Wing,’ Lawrence O’Donnell examines the compelling and impactful political stories of the day. Join him every weeknight.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T14:20:10.142419+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o-donnell-525416"},"episode":{"title":"GOP seek $1 billion from taxpayers for Trump’s ballroom","slug":"gop-seek-1-billion-from-taxpayers-for-trump-s-ballroom","published_at":"2026-05-09T03:26:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o-donnell-525416/gop-seek-1-billion-from-taxpayers-for-trump-s-ballroom","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o-donnell-525416","url":"https://www.ms.now/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/injector.simplecastaudio.com/e58558bd-da82-4643-9f1d-9a500dc933e2/episodes/ee685a9c-f07d-4ac1-bd29-4427bc2943d1/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=e58558bd-da82-4643-9f1d-9a500dc933e2&awEpisodeId=ee685a9c-f07d-4ac1-bd29-4427bc2943d1&feed=lQR7LFLn","summary":"Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump fixates on the ballroom as the Iran war spikes gas prices. Also, Republicans move to redraw Black-majority districts in the south. Plus, Democrats pass a bill to block whites-only communities in Pennsylvania. And Vladimir Putin scales back his “Victory Day” parade. Rep. Brendan Boyle, Melissa Murray, Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton, and Amb. Michael McFaul join Ali Velshi.","meta_description":"Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump fixates on the ballroom as the Iran war spikes gas prices. Also, Republicans move to redraw Black-majority district…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2564,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o-donnell-525416/episodes/gop-seek-1-billion-from-taxpayers-for-trump-s-ballroom/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o-donnell-525416/gop-seek-1-billion-from-taxpayers-for-trump-s-ballroom.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}