{"podcast":{"title":"The Nation Podcasts","slug":"the-nation-podcasts-980506","podcast_index_feed_id":980506,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/start-making-sense","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2024/1/22/16/305287dd-3c1e-4d50-8ef8-939b191115b7__ac35afe0-783b-4422-a72e-e6c64f20fcc0_38137755.jpg","author":"The Nation Magazine","episode_count":1195,"summary":"Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the week in news. Hosted by Jon Wiener and presented by The Nation Magazine.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:17:20.644204+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506"},"episode":{"title":"Journalism in the Age of Oligarchy w/ David Sirota / American Prestige","slug":"journalism-in-the-age-of-oligarchy-w-david-sirota-american-prestige","published_at":"2026-05-12T14:18:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506/journalism-in-the-age-of-oligarchy-w-david-sirota-american-prestige","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/episodes/edaa2872-7643-4763-9ed0-ce171f99f4ef","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/edaa2872-7643-4763-9ed0-ce171f99f4ef/stream.mp3","summary":"Danny and Derek speak with David Sirota, founder and EIC of The Lever , about journalism, independent media, and the consolidation of presidential power. They discuss the difference between journalism and media, the attention economy, capitalist media, audience capture, the decline of local news, the Powell Memo, the unitary executive theory, war powers, and Donald Trump’s use of executive power. Be sure to listen to The Kingmakers , the second season of David’s investigative podcast Master Plan . Don’t forget that AP’s new, weekly livestream is back this Wednesday at 8pm ET on our YouTube channel . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Danny and Derek speak with David Sirota, founder and EIC of The Lever , about journalism, independent media, and the consolidation of presidential power.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3796,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nation-podcasts-980506/episodes/journalism-in-the-age-of-oligarchy-w-david-sirota-american-prestige/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506/journalism-in-the-age-of-oligarchy-w-david-sirota-american-prestige.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}