{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6961268923ce58f14615840d/69e93981738b0d0aa5e3d35a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Congress’s Purge Era","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6961268923ce58f14615840d/1776892260690-33d088f3-ba9a-4a58-a6bb-814edb9f8608.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Representatives Eric Swalwell, Tony Gonzales, and now Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick are out; Virginia is redistricting and Republicans are bracing for a tsunami of a blue wave in the fall midterms. What’s gotten into Congress all of a sudden?</p><p><br></p><p>Guest: <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6ujbpx4jvjqyonqi45pwe2ov\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Newell,</a> Slate’s senior politics writer.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<a href=\"http://slate.com/whatnextplus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}