{"podcast":{"title":"The Middle Ground Mic","slug":"the-middle-ground-mic-7275421","podcast_index_feed_id":7275421,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2465711.rss","website_url":"https://www.themiddlegroundmic.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/v0gdqdpcxh9tn3cl6vi57t68ixkq?.jpg","author":"Joe","episode_count":210,"summary":"Tired of partisan bullshit tearing America apart while politicians hide behind excuses and sacred cows get endless protection? Step into The MiddleGround Mic, the no-compromise centrist politics podcast that refuses to play nice with extremes. No Left. No Right. Forward. Hosted by Joseph Steagall, we deliver militant centrism at full throttle — ripping apart hypocrisy from every angle, calling out the nonsense on both sides, and hammering pragmatic, zero-BS fixes for the real fights: elections, foreign policy disasters, border security failures, economic meltdown, and community breakdowns in this fractured mess of a country. Regularly hitting the top 30 in U.S. News Commentary with over 750,000 downloads and rising fast, we bring raw, bipartisan truth from thought leaders, journalists, policymakers, and actual people — not scripted talking heads. This is the honesty, clarity, and politics without tribal loyalty that the mainstream media won’t touch. Being MiddleGround or centrist isn’t weakness or fence-sitting — it’s being a straight-up warrior against the insanity of echo chambers, armed with facts and the spine to say what everyone else is too scared to. If you’re independent,…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421"},"episode":{"title":"You Think You Choose Who Runs… But Do You?","slug":"you-think-you-choose-who-runs-but-do-you","published_at":"2026-04-22T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421/you-think-you-choose-who-runs-but-do-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421","url":"https://buymeacoffee.com/Tmgm/what-if-you-never-actually-chose","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/2465711/episodes/19056863-you-think-you-choose-who-runs-but-do-you.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail You voted. ‐‐---‐--‐------------ Do you need a beard trimmer to have a clean cut line and trimmed like myself? 👉 Grab it here: https://www.brio4life.com?aff=296 Use code MIDDLEGROUND at checkout -------------------'xx But did you actually choose? Most people believe the real decision happens in November. That’s when you show up, pick a name, and feel like your voice matters. But what if the real decision already happened before you got there? In this episode, we sit down ...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail You voted. ‐‐---‐--‐------------ Do you need a beard trimmer to have a clean cut line and trimmed like myself? 👉 Grab it here: https://ww…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2435,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421/episodes/you-think-you-choose-who-runs-but-do-you/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421/you-think-you-choose-who-runs-but-do-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}