{"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":"Lawrence: The first six Americans killed in Trump's war died because Hegseth left them defenseless","slug":"lawrence-the-first-six-americans-killed-in-trump-s-war-died-because-hegseth-left-them-defenseless","published_at":"2026-04-30T03:42:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o-donnell-525416/lawrence-the-first-six-americans-killed-in-trump-s-war-died-because-hegseth-left-them-defenseless","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/b525fa5e-ea35-4dea-b1a2-805ce20f9275/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=e58558bd-da82-4643-9f1d-9a500dc933e2&awEpisodeId=b525fa5e-ea35-4dea-b1a2-805ce20f9275&feed=lQR7LFLn","summary":"Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump threatens Iran by posting an AI image of himself holding a gun. Plus, SCOTUS limits redrawing districts under the Voting Rights Act. And Acting AG Todd Blanche defends his James Comey indictment. Rep. Adam Smith, Eric Holder, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse join Lawrence O'Donnell.","meta_description":"Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump threatens Iran by posting an AI image of himself holding a gun. Plus, SCOTUS limits redrawing districts under the V…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2570,"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/lawrence-the-first-six-americans-killed-in-trump-s-war-died-because-hegseth-left-them-defenseless/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/lawrence-the-first-six-americans-killed-in-trump-s-war-died-because-hegseth-left-them-defenseless.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}