{"podcast":{"title":"The System is Down with Dan Smotz","slug":"the-system-is-down-with-dan-smotz-1118706","podcast_index_feed_id":1118706,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1787244.rss","website_url":"https://thesystemisdown.tv","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/2au50176jyonsoc5cuo54lwj6qid?.jpg","author":"Dan Smotz","episode_count":737,"summary":"Conspiracies, Politics, and Religion: Questioning Everything and Staying Uncomfortable","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T18:19:34.129062+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-system-is-down-with-dan-smotz-1118706"},"episode":{"title":"525: The State of the Union… and the LP? w. Rob Yates","slug":"525-the-state-of-the-union-and-the-lp-w-rob-yates","published_at":"2026-02-26T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-system-is-down-with-dan-smotz-1118706/525-the-state-of-the-union-and-the-lp-w-rob-yates","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-system-is-down-with-dan-smotz-1118706","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1787244/episodes/18750576-525-the-state-of-the-union-and-the-lp-w-rob-yates.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1787244/episodes/18750576-525-the-state-of-the-union-and-the-lp-w-rob-yates.mp3","summary":"Rob Yates is a friend of the show. Rob is running to be Chair of the National Libertarian Party… Today, Dan gets to the bottom of why Rob hates himself this much… and also news. Question everything. Stay uncomfortable. Lets get weird. On the Docket: * TSOTU * Why does Rob hate himself * Is the LP dead? * “Black People Aren’t Apes” * and more! Follow Craig: https://x.com/breakthebellpod Follow Dan: https://x.com/tsidpod Follow Dave: https://x.com/davevsgoliath1 Dissident Medi...","meta_description":"Rob Yates is a friend of the show. Rob is running to be Chair of the National Libertarian Party… Today, Dan gets to the bottom of why Rob hates himself th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7360,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-system-is-down-with-dan-smotz-1118706/episodes/525-the-state-of-the-union-and-the-lp-w-rob-yates/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-system-is-down-with-dan-smotz-1118706/525-the-state-of-the-union-and-the-lp-w-rob-yates.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}