# 437: Whose Life is Worth Protecting? Politics & Religion Weight in 2026

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030/437-whose-life-is-worth-protecting-politics-religion-weight-in-2026
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030/437-whose-life-is-worth-protecting-politics-religion-weight-in-2026.md
Podcast: [Latter Day Struggles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030)
Published: 2026-05-25T15:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2363568/episodes/19214620-437-whose-life-is-worth-protecting-politics-religion-weight-in-2026.mp3
Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2363568/episodes/19214620-437-whose-life-is-worth-protecting-politics-religion-weight-in-2026.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/latter-day-struggles-5189030/episodes/437-whose-life-is-worth-protecting-politics-religion-weight-in-2026
Duration seconds: 3600

## Resource

Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Religion IS Political [Part V of VII] In this episode exploring the intersection of religion and politics, Val & Nathan explore several specific areas where politics and religion are addressing the exact same fundamental questions around human dignity & worth; justice & injustice; and the appropriate use of power. They then compare how these fundamental issues are confronted in real time on a world stage as Politician Donald Trump an...

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/latter-day-struggles-5189030/episodes/437-whose-life-is-worth-protecting-politics-religion-weight-in-2026/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030/437-whose-life-is-worth-protecting-politics-religion-weight-in-2026.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.