{"podcast":{"title":"USSC Briefing Room","slug":"ussc-briefing-room-6425487","podcast_index_feed_id":6425487,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/ussc-briefing-room","website_url":"https://www.ussc.edu.au/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Cfrepi6tFGejeG0E7vK7Q-kxaecIb0gTzId-z2nuKRs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQyNDc4LzE2ODY2/MzIzOTEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Mari Koeck","episode_count":107,"summary":"The USSC Briefing Room is a podcast from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. It gives you a seat at the table for a briefing on the latest US news and foreign policy. Co-hosts Mari Koeck, Jared Mondschein and Samuel Garrett talk to experts to cover what you need to know and what's beneath the surface of the news.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T04:17:27.136151+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ussc-briefing-room-6425487"},"episode":{"title":"America at 250 | America’s sacred (yet secular) documents with David Smith","slug":"america-at-250-america-s-sacred-yet-secular-documents-with-david-smith","published_at":"2026-07-03T14:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ussc-briefing-room-6425487/america-at-250-america-s-sacred-yet-secular-documents-with-david-smith","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ussc-briefing-room-6425487","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/6b40d8ab","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/6b40d8ab/5ac58a6a.mp3","summary":"The words of the Declaration of Independence are world famous and, in many ways, America’s founding documents are “sacred” although they are secular. What makes America’s Declaration of Independence and Constitution unique? How are Australia’s founding documents different? How have these differences played out in the relationship between these foundational documents and their people? In honour of America’s semiquincentennial, the USSC has published a compilations of essays and recent polling: Reflections on America at 250 and we are releasing a series of podcast episodes with the authors. In the second episode in the series we are speaking with Associate Professor David Smith about his article: America’s sacred documents .","meta_description":"The words of the Declaration of Independence are world famous and, in many ways, America’s founding documents are “sacred” although they are secular. What…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2307,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ussc-briefing-room-6425487/episodes/america-at-250-america-s-sacred-yet-secular-documents-with-david-smith/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ussc-briefing-room-6425487/america-at-250-america-s-sacred-yet-secular-documents-with-david-smith.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}