# Former ambassador Ivo Daalder on his critique of the U.S.' approach to military conflict

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/weekend-edition-saturday-1453543/former-ambassador-ivo-daalder-on-his-critique-of-the-u-s-approach-to-military-conflict
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/weekend-edition-saturday-1453543/former-ambassador-ivo-daalder-on-his-critique-of-the-u-s-approach-to-military-conflict.md
Podcast: [Weekend Edition Saturday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weekend-edition-saturday-1453543)
Published: 2026-05-30T11:42:09+00:00
Episode link: https://www.kuow.org/stories/former-ambassador-ivo-daalder-on-his-critique-of-the-u-s-approach-to-military-conflict
Audio file: https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2026/05/20260530_wesat_former_ambassador_ivo_daalder_on_his_critique_of_the_u.s._approach_to_military_conflict.mp3?t=progseg&e=nx-s1-5767960&p=7&seg=10&d=352&size=5643329
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/weekend-edition-saturday-1453543/episodes/former-ambassador-ivo-daalder-on-his-critique-of-the-u-s-approach-to-military-conflict
Duration seconds: 352

## Resource

NPR's Scott Simon asks Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, about his recent criticism of America's approach to military conflict.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/weekend-edition-saturday-1453543/episodes/former-ambassador-ivo-daalder-on-his-critique-of-the-u-s-approach-to-military-conflict/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/weekend-edition-saturday-1453543/former-ambassador-ivo-daalder-on-his-critique-of-the-u-s-approach-to-military-conflict.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.