# Steve Schmidt, Ken Harbaugh & James Verini Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038/steve-schmidt-ken-harbaugh-james-verini Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038/steve-schmidt-ken-harbaugh-james-verini.md Podcast: [The Warning with Steve Schmidt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038) Published: 2026-05-06T20:02:20+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt/steve-schmidt-ken-harbaugh-james-verini Audio file: https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/33540024-ed06-44d0-a06c-b33100f8453e/79dfa1d9-a56b-4558-8b9b-b442013783bd/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=2307f122-2695-49ea-a058-b33100f84545 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038/episodes/steve-schmidt-ken-harbaugh-james-verini Duration seconds: 2883 ## Resource Steve Schmidt is joined by Ken Harbaugh and author James Verini to talk about his new book, “The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War.” Verini's book examines one of the darkest early moments of the war: Russia's bombing of the Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theater, which killed hundreds of civilians. They also discuss that attack's legacy, and how Ukrainians have endured four years of death, destruction, and trauma without surrendering their will to fight. Brought to you by the Save America Movement. Support The Warning and become a YouTube member today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I50t9-7Ol7AjwryRv-Fiw/join Today's Merch: Everything Is Going Great https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/everything-is-going-great-tee SUBSCRIBE for more and follow Steve here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ JOIN the Save America Movement: The Save America Movement is dedicated to truth, accountability, and the preservation of our democracy. We can't do this without you. πŸ‘‰ Take action today: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org πŸ”— Follow Us & Stay Informed Website: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org Subscribe to Ken Harbaugh: https://thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038/episodes/steve-schmidt-ken-harbaugh-james-verini/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-warning-with-steve-schmidt-6301038/steve-schmidt-ken-harbaugh-james-verini.md` β€” 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.