{"slug": "for-your-weekend-listening", "title": "For Your Weekend Listening", "summary": "The latest episode of Trial Balloon covers aging politicians, backlash against AI data centers, and the political costs of the war with Iran.", "body_md": "The latest episode of [Trial Balloon](https://politicalwire.com/trial-balloon/) is live.\n\nAging politicians, the backlash against AI data centers and the political costs of the war with Iran.\n\n[Add the show to your podcast player](https://members.politicalwire.com/account/feeds?id=17817&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fpoliticalwire.com%2F&utm_medium=quizzly&utm_source=vuukle). You’ll get new episodes each week.\n\nOr listen here:\n\n[Save to Favorites](?wpfpaction=add&postid=2002235)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/for-your-weekend-listening", "canonical_source": "https://politicalwire.com/2026/07/18/for-your-weekend-listening-131/", "published_at": "2026-07-18 12:00:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-18 12:37:06.491598+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Trial Balloon"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/for-your-weekend-listening", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/for-your-weekend-listening.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/for-your-weekend-listening.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/for-your-weekend-listening.jsonld"}}