{"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":"Talarico to face candidate he calls nation's 'most corrupt politician' in U.S. Senate race in TX","slug":"talarico-to-face-candidate-he-calls-nation-s-most-corrupt-politician-in-u-s-senate-race-in-tx","published_at":"2026-05-27T04:02:35+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-last-word-with-lawrence-o-donnell-525416/talarico-to-face-candidate-he-calls-nation-s-most-corrupt-politician-in-u-s-senate-race-in-tx","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/5cc44e56-52b6-4bc4-95ab-4c7af89a94c8/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=e58558bd-da82-4643-9f1d-9a500dc933e2&awEpisodeId=5cc44e56-52b6-4bc4-95ab-4c7af89a94c8&feed=lQR7LFLn","summary":"Tonight on The Last Word: Ken Paxton defeats Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas GOP primary runoff. Also, the U.S. strikes Iran as Donald Trump says talks are going “nicely.” And Ben Rhodes writes about the battle for American identity in his new book, “All We Say.” Ali Velshi, Texas State Rep. James Talarico, Rep. Adam Smith, and Ben Rhodes join Lawrence O’Donnell.","meta_description":"Tonight on The Last Word: Ken Paxton defeats Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas GOP primary runoff. Also, the U.S. strikes Iran as Donald Trump says talks are…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2635,"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/talarico-to-face-candidate-he-calls-nation-s-most-corrupt-politician-in-u-s-senate-race-in-tx/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/talarico-to-face-candidate-he-calls-nation-s-most-corrupt-politician-in-u-s-senate-race-in-tx.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}