{"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":"The Trump phone grift","slug":"the-trump-phone-grift","published_at":"2026-06-23T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-trump-phone-grift","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/VMP7459186686.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP7459186686.mp3","summary":"President Trump's ongoing efforts to become a mobile mogul and to run a bank suggest Trump grift is alive and well. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto, edited by Amina Al-Sadi and Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Trump Mobile offers both a cellular plan and a smartphone that will provide the same coverage as the three nationwide phone service carriers. Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/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":"President Trump's ongoing efforts to become a mobile mogul and to run a bank suggest Trump grift is alive and well. This episode was produced by Dustin De…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1565,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/today-explained-663276/episodes/the-trump-phone-grift/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/the-trump-phone-grift.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}