{"podcast":{"title":"A Satellite View","slug":"a-satellite-view-6671758","podcast_index_feed_id":6671758,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/ZwIrVCwh","website_url":"https://a-satellite-view.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/155d6707-4404-4ac9-8fb0-852f200ed3b9/21b73fc7-f863-47e7-9d1a-7601e78dfea6/3000x3000/satelliteviewlogo.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Todd Mikkelson","episode_count":164,"summary":"Here on the ground change happens fast. Problems feel frequent and urgent. It's loud and anxiety runs high. From a satellite view, the earth looks the same as it did thousands of years ago - We've been here before. Let's learn from our past, and shoot for a better future. Hosted by Todd Mikkelson","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T06:21:15.017466+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-satellite-view-6671758"},"episode":{"title":"Well, It's Just Comedy Now","slug":"well-it-s-just-comedy-now","published_at":"2026-04-21T00:35:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-satellite-view-6671758/well-it-s-just-comedy-now","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-satellite-view-6671758","url":"https://a-satellite-view.simplecast.com/episodes/well-its-just-comedy-now-i7qr7jzH","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/b8acc8f3-fbe4-49c0-9a8a-50ab73f57589/79d9fdee-4a7e-42e3-aa7d-825ff58aa868/episodes/audio/group/d952ff24-347b-4287-8118-32a159c3bee3/group-item/d894abdb-6f09-48bb-995e-8c388e8192a3/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=ZwIrVCwh","summary":"Reality has become more absurd than written comedy at this point. The Strait is open...it's closed...we closed it...Iran opened it...if Iran doesn't open it... (rolling eyes emoji inserted here) Kash Patel!...(tearing up laughing emoji inserted here) LSD!...(both emojis from above...) You get the idea. Let's talk about the military resistance to trump. But let's also talk about the growing talk, lead by the far right, including MTG on things like trump faking the attempted assassination on him. Let's talk about Jamie Raskin leading the creation of a council made up of past presidents and vice presidents to oversee continuity in government after the current incapable POTUS is taken out of power. Let's talk about THESE things. Todd Mikkelson - Host, Writer, Researcher, Recording Engineer and Producer Heidi Marty - Fellow Producer Todd's new album: https://toddmikkelson.bandcamp.com/album/all-us-ghosts Bumper Music - Original Todd Mikkelson or Emmaline Muchmore Music Go to ToddMikkelson.com for links to music and other media and information","meta_description":"Reality has become more absurd than written comedy at this point. The Strait is open...it's closed...we closed it...Iran opened it...if Iran doesn't open…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2038,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-satellite-view-6671758/episodes/well-it-s-just-comedy-now/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-satellite-view-6671758/well-it-s-just-comedy-now.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}