{"podcast":{"title":"Vibe Check","slug":"vibe-check-5608224","podcast_index_feed_id":5608224,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/tA_4bn2c","website_url":"https://www.siriusxm.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/00c81e60-45f9-4643-9fed-2184b2b6a3d3/54022a1b-ef3c-481f-b7da-b6c467deb5cc/3000x3000/sxm-cover-vibecheck-3000x3000-refresh-final.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"SiriusXM","episode_count":262,"summary":"A weekly podcast where Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford make sense of what’s going on in news and culture – and how it all feels. Vibe Check is your favorite group chat, come to life. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Vibe Check ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T16:18:14.229060+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224"},"episode":{"title":"The Business of Black Women: Symone Sanders-Townsend","slug":"the-business-of-black-women-symone-sanders-townsend","published_at":"2026-03-27T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224/the-business-of-black-women-symone-sanders-townsend","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224","url":"https://www.siriusxm.com","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/2/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/93631aed-f31d-4c5b-b678-a6cd6844abdd/episodes/4e6504c0-3f4c-4640-b13d-1023bf1a5f2c/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=93631aed-f31d-4c5b-b678-a6cd6844abdd&awEpisodeId=4e6504c0-3f4c-4640-b13d-1023bf1a5f2c&feed=tA_4bn2c","summary":"On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach wrap up this year’s Hey, Sis mini-series with special guest – political commentator and strategist Symone Sanders-Townsend. They get into her dynamic career across politics and media, the challenges she’s faced as a Black woman in the spotlight, and how staying true to herself has been key to her success. They also discuss the outsized role Black women play in shaping culture, news, and politics, and the ways those same systems often work against them.","meta_description":"On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach wrap up this year’s Hey, Sis mini-series with special guest – political commentator and strategist Symone Sa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2894,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vibe-check-5608224/episodes/the-business-of-black-women-symone-sanders-townsend/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224/the-business-of-black-women-symone-sanders-townsend.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}