{"podcast":{"title":"Today's News with Larry Schweikart","slug":"today-s-news-with-larry-schweikart-7165588","podcast_index_feed_id":7165588,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/PRr1smQi","website_url":"https://todays-news.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/01f7d4b2-716c-43f9-8a03-c96056c76782/d64e10f2-01c1-4a97-be14-cfec6c2594fb/3000x3000/cover-image.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Larry Schweikart","episode_count":266,"summary":"Check out this daily round-up of happenings in politics, government, foreign affairs, entertainment, culture, and more. It's a fresh take on the news with the signature witty edge of the \"intellectually irreverent\" New York Times #1 bestselling author, historian, and political pundit Dr. Larry Schweikart. The News of Today is the History of Tomorrow.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T10:17:47.794763+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-s-news-with-larry-schweikart-7165588"},"episode":{"title":"TODAY'S NEWS, May 12-13, 2026","slug":"today-s-news-may-12-13-2026","published_at":"2026-05-13T17:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-s-news-with-larry-schweikart-7165588/today-s-news-may-12-13-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-s-news-with-larry-schweikart-7165588","url":"https://todays-news.simplecast.com/episodes/todays-news-may-12-13-2026-6Q_Tp_4a","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/6241505a-7897-4e4d-bfeb-2d1544797e8d/bc416372-5034-45e2-93f5-284ba4374b63/episodes/audio/group/9f2d2bff-bb52-441f-8068-0dee614887a0/group-item/01baddfd-4fb5-42d1-a231-563017e14c96/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=PRr1smQi","summary":"The latest roundup portrays Republicans as continuing to gain structural and electoral momentum through redistricting wins, court rulings, and party defections, while Democrats are described as fragmented and running out of strategic options before the midterms. The commentary also focuses on energy policy, immigration enforcement, inflation concerns, AI infrastructure battles, and cultural flashpoints involving religion, education, and gender politics. Internationally, the tone emphasizes instability in Europe and the Middle East alongside renewed nationalism and economic restructuring abroad.","meta_description":"The latest roundup portrays Republicans as continuing to gain structural and electoral momentum through redistricting wins, court rulings, and party defec…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1088,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/today-s-news-with-larry-schweikart-7165588/episodes/today-s-news-may-12-13-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-s-news-with-larry-schweikart-7165588/today-s-news-may-12-13-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}