{"podcast":{"title":"The Reality Taboo","slug":"the-reality-taboo-6726333","podcast_index_feed_id":6726333,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/therealitytaboo/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/therealitytaboo","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/therealitytaboo/20231219_101219_f9f6204399de7e63bdf7f1cd72a4eb65.jpg","author":"Ness and Jeff","episode_count":132,"summary":"A wide-ranging discussion of politics, religion, current events...no topic is off limits.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T12:18:07.847192+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-taboo-6726333"},"episode":{"title":"The Most Expensive Primary in History: Massie Goes Down","slug":"the-most-expensive-primary-in-history-massie-goes-down","published_at":"2026-05-30T11:18:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-taboo-6726333/the-most-expensive-primary-in-history-massie-goes-down","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-taboo-6726333","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/therealitytaboo/2871146","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/242821/2871146/therealitytaboo/2026_05_30_11_17_16_a225a17f-bda2-4ec1-b49d-f7a8aaffa92e.mp3","summary":"Thomas Massie just lost the most expensive House primary in American history — $32.6 million to take out one congressman. Jeff and Ness break down the Massie-Gallrein race: who bankrolled it, why Massie made himself a target for Trump, and what the demographics of Kentucky's 4th District tell you about the populist story being sold around this race. Plus: Tucker Carlson weighs in, and his reaction says as much about his faction as it does about the result.","meta_description":"Thomas Massie just lost the most expensive House primary in American history — $32.6 million to take out one congressman. Jeff and Ness break down the Mas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3108,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-reality-taboo-6726333/episodes/the-most-expensive-primary-in-history-massie-goes-down/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-taboo-6726333/the-most-expensive-primary-in-history-massie-goes-down.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}