# US Ambassador on submarine security, geopolitical tourism boost for Portugal & Italian frigates Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-morning-portugal-podcast-with-carl-munson-977134/us-ambassador-on-submarine-security-geopolitical-tourism-boost-for-portugal-italian-frigates Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-morning-portugal-podcast-with-carl-munson-977134/us-ambassador-on-submarine-security-geopolitical-tourism-boost-for-portugal-italian-frigates.md Podcast: [The Good Morning Portugal! podcast with Carl Munson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-morning-portugal-podcast-with-carl-munson-977134) Published: 2026-07-22T07:00:03+00:00 Episode link: https://portugalforeignersforum.com/news Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73100888/news_22_07_26_edited.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-good-morning-portugal-podcast-with-carl-munson-977134/episodes/us-ambassador-on-submarine-security-geopolitical-tourism-boost-for-portugal-italian-frigates Duration seconds: 103 ## Resource US Ambassador on submarine security, geopolitical tourism boost for Portugal & Italian frigates On Wednesday 22 July 2026, Carl Munson’s Good Morning Portugal headlines highlight the U.S. Ambassador to Portugal stressing the importance of reliable submarine cable infrastructure for national security, as the country aims to become a major European tech hub. Other stories include the introduction of a special exam period to fix this summer’s exam correction chaos, 1,600 Leiria residents still without fixed-line phone service six months after Storm Kristen, a tourism occupancy surge driven by geopolitical shifts, record-high seawater temperatures along the Portuguese coast, the Faro Motorcycle Rally drawing 17,000 visitors, and Portugal’s plan to acquire three Italian frigates for defence modernisation. More at - www.portugalforeignersforum.com/news & www.portugaltalkradio.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-good-morning-portugal-podcast-with-carl-munson--2903992/support . Get help moving to and living in Portugal ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-good-morning-portugal-podcast-with-carl-munson-977134/episodes/us-ambassador-on-submarine-security-geopolitical-tourism-boost-for-portugal-italian-frigates/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-morning-portugal-podcast-with-carl-munson-977134/us-ambassador-on-submarine-security-geopolitical-tourism-boost-for-portugal-italian-frigates.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.