# The Nuclear Navy: AMSEcast with Lawrence Townsend Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/amsecast-3515150/the-nuclear-navy-amsecast-with-lawrence-townsend Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/amsecast-3515150/the-nuclear-navy-amsecast-with-lawrence-townsend.md Podcast: [AMSEcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/amsecast-3515150) Published: 2026-05-06T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://amsecast.libsyn.com/the-nuclear-navy-amsecast-with-lawrence-townsend Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/amsecast/Townsend_Larry_AC_A.mp3?dest-id=2428736 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amsecast-3515150/episodes/the-nuclear-navy-amsecast-with-lawrence-townsend Duration seconds: 1623 ## Resource On this episode of AMSEcast, host Alan Lowe sat down with Lawrence Townsend to discuss the past, present, and future of America's nuclear navy, including what our advancements in technology throughout the country might mean going forward. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/amsecast-3515150/episodes/the-nuclear-navy-amsecast-with-lawrence-townsend/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/amsecast-3515150/the-nuclear-navy-amsecast-with-lawrence-townsend.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.