{"podcast":{"title":"To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes","slug":"to-the-contrary-with-charlie-sykes-7201870","podcast_index_feed_id":7201870,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/67a407e5340a5590cd2953ad","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/to-the-contrary","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/67a407e5340a5590cd2953ad/1779282218257-85582166-fea1-4b59-aeb0-5225884ca0a1.jpeg","author":"Charlie Sykes","episode_count":223,"summary":"You are not the crazy ones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T08:22:27.374404+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-contrary-with-charlie-sykes-7201870"},"episode":{"title":"“January 6th Reshaped My View of Legacy Media”","slug":"january-6th-reshaped-my-view-of-legacy-media","published_at":"2026-04-09T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-contrary-with-charlie-sykes-7201870/january-6th-reshaped-my-view-of-legacy-media","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-contrary-with-charlie-sykes-7201870","url":"https://shows.acast.com/to-the-contrary/episodes/69d69d8f3ae78d6f11535dd7","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67a407e5340a5590cd2953ad/e/69d69d8f3ae78d6f11535dd7/media.mp3","summary":"Scott MacFarlane recently left CBS News and joined Substack as well as MeidasTouch. In this episode, he tells Charlie about his transition from traditional to independent media and what drove his decision. They also discuss whether the Iran deal is a strategic failure, the new acting US Attorney General, and the ongoing court cases involving Trump's ballroom and Kennedy Center.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Scott MacFarlane recently left CBS News and joined Substack as well as MeidasTouch. In this episode, he tells Charlie about his transition from traditiona…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2478,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/to-the-contrary-with-charlie-sykes-7201870/episodes/january-6th-reshaped-my-view-of-legacy-media/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-contrary-with-charlie-sykes-7201870/january-6th-reshaped-my-view-of-legacy-media.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}