{"podcast":{"title":"The Preamble","slug":"the-preamble-4093629","podcast_index_feed_id":4093629,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/hwigi","website_url":"https://www.sharonmcmahon.com/podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2c2621be-7f30-11ef-b1cd-1bdf97825de9/image/39851a9e74515f232687bdc88cf1ec50.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Sharon McMahon","episode_count":493,"summary":"The world feels complicated. The Preamble is where it starts to make sense. Hosted by Sharon McMahon — known for making sense of complex issues — she and her guests dive deep into the stories and ideas driving our future, bringing clarity and honesty to every headline. If you want real insight, bold conversation, and answers that matter, this podcast is your must-listen. Hit play, and join the movement that will shape history. An Audacy Podcast.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-preamble-4093629"},"episode":{"title":"Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 2","slug":"mayhem-the-1970s-you-never-knew-episode-2","published_at":"2026-04-13T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-preamble-4093629/mayhem-the-1970s-you-never-knew-episode-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-preamble-4093629","url":"https://sharonmcmahon.com/Mayhem-the-1970s-you-never-knew-episode-2","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/CAD9593503527.mp3?updated=1774750951","summary":"Secret Police, CIA operatives, The Pentagon Papers, and The Most Dangerous Man in America. There was a time in the not-so-distant past, when the nightly news changed the game in how Americans felt about the war in Vietnam, the first “television war.” What was more of a shock to some though, was the realization that the American public had been lied to for decades by the U.S. government, spanning four presidential administrations. How did this influence the Watergate scandal? And how did the lavish “gathering of the Century” in Iran, attended by Vice President Agnew, tie into future allegations of broad political corruption To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Secret Police, CIA operatives, The Pentagon Papers, and The Most Dangerous Man in America. There was a time in the not-so-distant past, when the nightly n…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2677,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-preamble-4093629/episodes/mayhem-the-1970s-you-never-knew-episode-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-preamble-4093629/mayhem-the-1970s-you-never-knew-episode-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}