{"podcast":{"title":"The Signal Sitdown","slug":"the-signal-sitdown-7035152","podcast_index_feed_id":7035152,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thesignalsitdown","website_url":"https://www.dailysignal.com/the-signal-sitdown/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/4227b3d8-7f49-11ef-a171-cb59231b37be/image/8e383abb3ce76f25b50e54fc92ada658.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Daily Signal","episode_count":87,"summary":"Your government is out of control. It’s doing things it has no business doing. It spends way too much money. It gets involved in way too many wars. It not only tells you what you can and can’t say—it actively censors you. And the things your government should do, it can’t, or won’t, do at all. It can’t keep your streets clean of crime and filth. It can’t keep your neighborhoods safe enough for kids to play outside. It can’t even prevent your country from being invaded by millions of illegal migrants. Why is that? Because your leaders no longer represent you. They represent themselves and their friends. On each episode of \"The Signal Sitdown,\" politics editor Bradley Devlin exposes how the sausage really gets made in Washington, D.C. with the help of guests who have experience on the inside. \"The Signal Sitdown\" takes you inside the biggest battles in Washington, D.C., as they happen. We’ll analyze the policymaking process from an unabashedly and unapologetically conservative perspective and together reclaim government from the self-serving elites. Fingers will be pointed. Names will be named.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T18:19:45.185196+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-signal-sitdown-7035152"},"episode":{"title":"How the American Dream of Homeownership Became Unaffordable | Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C.","slug":"how-the-american-dream-of-homeownership-became-unaffordable-rep-pat-harrigan-r-n-c","published_at":"2026-01-22T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-signal-sitdown-7035152/how-the-american-dream-of-homeownership-became-unaffordable-rep-pat-harrigan-r-n-c","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-signal-sitdown-7035152","url":"https://www.dailysignal.com/","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THEDAILYSIGNAL2934217086.mp3?updated=1778531428","summary":"America has hit another record, but it’s not a good one. Last year, the median age of the first-time home buyer in America hit 40 years old. In the 1980s, the average age of the first-time homebuyer in America was just 28. What happened? Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., joins us this week on “The Signal Sitdown” to explain how multi-billion-dollar institutional investors like BlackRock are crowding out younger families from buying homes. “The longer that you delay somebody from getting into that first house, the longer you delay their wealth-building trajectory toward actually putting themselves in a very solid, fiscally responsible position, which is where you want the middle class.” Follow us on Instagram for EXCLUSIVE bonus content and the chance to be featured in our episodes: https://www.instagram.com/problematicwomen/ Connect with our hosts on socials! Elise McCue X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=EliseMcCue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisemccueofficial/ Virginia Allen: X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=Virginia_Allen5 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virginiaallenofficial/ Check out Top News in 10, hosted by The Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjMHBev3NsoUpc2Pzfk0n89cXWBqQltHY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"America has hit another record, but it’s not a good one. Last year, the median age of the first-time home buyer in America hit 40 years old. In the 1980s,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2818,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-signal-sitdown-7035152/episodes/how-the-american-dream-of-homeownership-became-unaffordable-rep-pat-harrigan-r-n-c/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-signal-sitdown-7035152/how-the-american-dream-of-homeownership-became-unaffordable-rep-pat-harrigan-r-n-c.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}