{"podcast":{"title":"The Takeout with Major Garrett","slug":"the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827","podcast_index_feed_id":689827,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacynetwork/0de245fc788f7cc7217bf330228d09f4","website_url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/podcasts/","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/661/0/0/0/0-8382494.jpg","author":"CBS News","episode_count":712,"summary":"The Takeout, hosted by CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, is a never-take-yourself-too-seriously daily show that harnesses the best and latest reporting from CBS News. Its motto: relentlessly curious, steadfastly non-ideological. Featuring unique guest interviews, investigative journalism and the day’s biggest events, The Takeout will also simplify and explain the complexities and acronyms of official Washington. The show is driven by national politics but lives comfortably in deep discussions of economics, pop culture, sports and technology.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T22:19:14.480765+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827"},"episode":{"title":"The Takeout with Major Garrett, 5/21/26","slug":"the-takeout-with-major-garrett-5-21-26","published_at":"2026-05-21T23:09:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-5-21-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/serve.castfire.com/audio/8252179/8252179_2026-04-14-114619.192.mp3?rssID=5978","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/serve.castfire.com/audio/8252179/8252179_2026-04-14-114619.192.mp3?rssID=5978","summary":"Major begins the show with Ebola, discussing with Dr. Celine Gounder how the virus has spread within the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the travel restrictions to neighboring African countries. Nikole Killion explains her latest reporting, where some Republicans, staunch allies of the President, are not sold on the Department of Justice's Anti-Weaponization Fund. Georgetown Law's Rupa Bhattacharya provides legal analysis on this fund and whether there is precedent for it. Major has a wide-ranging interview with Former Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene about her reaction to Rep. Thomas Massie losing his primary, the role foreign funding played in that race, and her takeaways on this year's Georgia elections. Plus, former Sen. Lamar Alexander discusses his new memoir, \"The Education of a Senator: From JFK to Trump,\" and his worries about the Republican Party not holding President Trump accountable. All that and more, right here on \"The Takeout\".","meta_description":"Major begins the show with Ebola, discussing with Dr. Celine Gounder how the virus has spread within the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the travel r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2638,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827/episodes/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-5-21-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-5-21-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}