{"podcast":{"title":"The Ricochet Podcast","slug":"the-ricochet-podcast-317753","podcast_index_feed_id":317753,"rss_url":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/ricochet","website_url":"https://ricochet.com/series/ricochet-podcast/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/87ac5b53ec9200929552d3ddd32888f9.jpg","author":"Ricochet","episode_count":677,"summary":"Weekly episodes of Ricochet’s flagship podcast feature our hosts James Lileks, Steve Hayward, Charles C. W. Cooke, and guests discussing the issues of the week. Listen to The Ricochet Podcast , along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at Ricochet.com . No paid subscription required. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:21:32.397170+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast-317753"},"episode":{"title":"Lawless Education","slug":"lawless-education","published_at":"2026-04-24T22:41:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast-317753/lawless-education","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast-317753","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/lawless-education--71621739","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/35/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71621739/ricochet_786.mp3","summary":"The pitiful state of university sociology departments is an unfortunate thing, but to see tantrums at elite law schools over \"controversial\" speakers portends danger — or so says Ilya Shapiro, author of Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites . He and the fellas discuss the illiberal takeover of higher education, most troublingly in the institutions that train the gatekeepers of our legal system. Plus, James, Charles, and Steve speculate on the midterms; see the potential for backfire from Virginia's redistricting referendum; smell controversy over the latest victory for the refer movement; and begrudgingly admit the Americanness of gambling with top secrets. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast--5817275/support .","meta_description":"The pitiful state of university sociology departments is an unfortunate thing, but to see tantrums at elite law schools over \"controversial\" speakers port…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3238,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ricochet-podcast-317753/episodes/lawless-education/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ricochet-podcast-317753/lawless-education.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}