{"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: Trump's the first president in history to say he's 'too busy' to explain a war he's waging","slug":"lawrence-trump-s-the-first-president-in-history-to-say-he-s-too-busy-to-explain-a-war-he-s-waging","published_at":"2026-05-20T03:20:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o-donnell-525416/lawrence-trump-s-the-first-president-in-history-to-say-he-s-too-busy-to-explain-a-war-he-s-waging","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/602ea1be-f643-45ec-86f1-7feb3242f5ee/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=e58558bd-da82-4643-9f1d-9a500dc933e2&awEpisodeId=602ea1be-f643-45ec-86f1-7feb3242f5ee&feed=lQR7LFLn","summary":"Tonight on The Last Word: The Senate advances a bill to limit Donald Trump’s Iran war powers. Also, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse slams Trump’s “cop beaters' slush fund.” And the Justice Department nixes audits for Trump, his family, and his businesses. Sen. Gary Peters, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Ali Velshi, and Andrew Weissmann join Lawrence O’Donnell.","meta_description":"Tonight on The Last Word: The Senate advances a bill to limit Donald Trump’s Iran war powers. Also, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse slams Trump’s “cop beaters' sl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2599,"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-trump-s-the-first-president-in-history-to-say-he-s-too-busy-to-explain-a-war-he-s-waging/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-trump-s-the-first-president-in-history-to-say-he-s-too-busy-to-explain-a-war-he-s-waging.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}