{"podcast":{"title":"The Playbook Podcast","slug":"the-playbook-podcast-53549","podcast_index_feed_id":53549,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ASD6963560714","website_url":"https://www.politico.com/podcasts/the-playbook-podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/463771de-6478-11ef-a7d1-9f4dcaf602ec/image/271e518c48a6b99484ce39f62fe30d73.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"POLITICO","episode_count":2330,"summary":"POLITICO’s Dasha Burns bring her fresh insight, analysis and reporting to the stories driving the day in the nation’s capital. She will be joined by her fellow co-authors and journalists from across POLITICO — available, as always, in audio and video formats each morning.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T08:19:08.030816+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549"},"episode":{"title":"Shapiro shoots his shot","slug":"shapiro-shoots-his-shot","published_at":"2026-07-31T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549/shapiro-shoots-his-shot","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL1645610815.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL1645610815.mp3","summary":"LeBron James’ move to the Philadelphia 76ers made headlines last week, but behind-the-scenes, Gov. Josh Shapiro lobbied for the deal. Is Shapiro making a political play for male voters disillusioned with the Democratic party? Meanwhile, former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes dropped out of a crowded Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, so who's leading the charge? And a preview from POLITICO’s podcast, The Conversation, where Dasha Burns sits down with the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr.  For more news and analysis, subscribe to the Playbook newsletter: politico.com/playbook ","meta_description":"LeBron James’ move to the Philadelphia 76ers made headlines last week, but behind-the-scenes, Gov. Josh Shapiro lobbied for the deal.&…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":863,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-playbook-podcast-53549/episodes/shapiro-shoots-his-shot/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549/shapiro-shoots-his-shot.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}