{"podcast":{"title":"Today, Explained","slug":"today-explained-663276","podcast_index_feed_id":663276,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VMP5705694065","website_url":"https://www.vox.com/todayexplained","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/23d52a2a-1c5f-11ea-9a0e-b70170f2a827/image/uploads_2F1588357113366-jjsdfzx6x4m-c0339c10f9b113a5fcc93436e66e5ef4_2FTodayExplained+V2_Tile_3000x3000+_281_29.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Vox","episode_count":2217,"summary":"Today, Explained is Vox's daily news explainer podcast. Hosts Sean Rameswaram and Noel King will guide you through the most important stories of the day. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T08:17:28.089018+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276"},"episode":{"title":"Defunding Israel","slug":"defunding-israel","published_at":"2026-07-21T20:11:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/defunding-israel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9391202559.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9391202559.mp3","summary":"Democrats in Congress voted in shocking numbers to cut aid to Israel. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto with help from Miles Bryan, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Pro-Israel protesters demonstrate during the Democratic National Convention in 2024 in Chicago. Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Democrats in Congress voted in shocking numbers to cut aid to Israel. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto with help from Miles Bryan, edited by Mir…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1558,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/today-explained-663276/episodes/defunding-israel/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/defunding-israel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}