# Brief#52 Ideology and the Basically Fine Country Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-brief-history-of-power-1048715/brief-52-ideology-and-the-basically-fine-country Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-brief-history-of-power-1048715/brief-52-ideology-and-the-basically-fine-country.md Podcast: [A Brief History of Power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-brief-history-of-power-1048715) Published: 2026-06-25T18:09:21+00:00 Episode link: https://revfisk.podbean.com/e/brief52-ideology-and-the-basically-fine-country/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rf6srsth2zw647fy/The_Basically_Fine_Country7d9fo.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-brief-history-of-power-1048715/episodes/brief-52-ideology-and-the-basically-fine-country Duration seconds: 2006 ## Resource Dr Adam Koontz talks about whether we should treat Israel like any other nation, and how building a state upon an ideology gets in the way of maintaining peace. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Check out the Institute for Classical Lutheran Education Sign up for Memento, a Lutheran devotional for men. Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-brief-history-of-power-1048715/episodes/brief-52-ideology-and-the-basically-fine-country/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-brief-history-of-power-1048715/brief-52-ideology-and-the-basically-fine-country.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.