# 🔴 The Times they are a changing - The Grayzone live Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/max-blumenthal-7221462/the-times-they-are-a-changing-the-grayzone-live Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/max-blumenthal-7221462/the-times-they-are-a-changing-the-grayzone-live.md Podcast: [Max Blumenthal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/max-blumenthal-7221462) Published: 2026-05-16T22:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/the-times-they-are-a-changing-the Audio file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198329730/e099974ed7c062f62951d8c542dd3e9b.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/max-blumenthal-7221462/episodes/the-times-they-are-a-changing-the-grayzone-live Duration seconds: 8427 ## Resource Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the furor over a New York Times report finally exposing legacy media readers to the systematic Israeli practice of sexual violence against Palestinian detainees. They then fact check a fabrication-filled new Israeli report designed to deflect from the PR crisis, which has prompted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to threaten a lawsuit against the Times.They also cover the latest from Lebanon, the prospect of renewed attacks on Iran, Trump's summit with Xi, and the looming political crisis in Israel. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayzone.substack.com/subscribe ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/max-blumenthal-7221462/episodes/the-times-they-are-a-changing-the-grayzone-live/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/max-blumenthal-7221462/the-times-they-are-a-changing-the-grayzone-live.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.