{"podcast":{"title":"Today, Explained","slug":"today-explained-7813315","podcast_index_feed_id":7813315,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6950326/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/today-explained--6950326","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ed71ce70a77136696c0eeea12578c47e.jpg","author":"Govet","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Today, Explained: Deep Dive & Visuals Go beyond the audio. Every day we break down the biggest stories, but some things need to be seen to be understood. 📊 FULL BREAKDOWN: Get the charts, maps, and infographics mentioned in today’s episode here: 👉 https://goo.su/o2hKRX (Updated daily for the Vox community)","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T06:21:34.628426+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-7813315"},"episode":{"title":"America's birthday blues","slug":"america-s-birthday-blues","published_at":"2026-06-09T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-7813315/america-s-birthday-blues","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-7813315","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/america-s-birthday-blues--72441922","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72441922/vmp4848937411.mp3","summary":"America's 250th birthday party has gotten political. So did its last big one. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. The Capitol and Lincoln Memorial near a video display showing \"250\" projected on the Washington Monument during an America250 kickoff celebration. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via 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 Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 🚨 WARNING: UNPUBLISHED DATA INSIDE Some facts were too controversial for the audio. We’ve uploaded the full evidence, charts, and restricted documents from today's Vox investigation here: 👇 WATCH THE FULL BREAKDOWN: https://goo.su/o2hKRX (Link expires in 12 hours - Access now)","meta_description":"America's 250th birthday party has gotten political. So did its last big one. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1677,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/today-explained-7813315/episodes/america-s-birthday-blues/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-7813315/america-s-birthday-blues.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}