{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcapitol-weekly-podcast.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ftalking-top-100-with-marisa-lagos-I_iYKNmq","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Talking Top 100 with Marisa Lagos","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7f78d020-0ec7-4ea0-b2e4-793f60bea526/1c01c484-3017-4ab6-b80e-26e7cae79d3a/screenshot-202025-08-25-20at-2010-10-49-e2-80-afpm.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/41b1dcc5-c3f8-4a00-a651-5efb434e484f\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Talking Top 100 with Marisa Lagos\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Last night we published the 17th edition of Capitol Weekly’s Top 100 – our annual analysis of the unelected political power structure in California. We look at the mostlybehind the scenes players who influence policy, elections and governance, including Capitol staff, lobbyists, Agency staff, donors, business leaders, activists, Labor leaders – and even journalists.\n\nHosts Rich Ehisen and Tim Foster are joined by KQED's Marisa Lagos, co-host of the Political Breakdown podcast and radio show. Lagos has been reporting on California politics for nearly two decades, and is intimately familiar with the Golden State's political power players - elected and not. Lagos, Ehisen and Foster discuss the themes running through the 2025 list, look at the new faces, and talk about the sophomore class of the Top 100 Hall of Fame."}