{"podcast":{"title":"American Prestige","slug":"american-prestige-4093863","podcast_index_feed_id":4093863,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SLT3432769861","website_url":"https://www.americanprestigepod.com/podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/90a8421c-6706-11ef-8833-1bf86ded4903/image/b8c9869eb964da9d3d3ca283135ded05.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison","episode_count":96,"summary":"A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world. americanprestige.supportingcast.fm","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T00:20:15.985278+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-prestige-4093863"},"episode":{"title":"News - Lebanon Ceasefire, Orbán Loses Hungarian Election, Trump Prepares Cuba Incursion","slug":"news-lebanon-ceasefire-orb-n-loses-hungarian-election-trump-prepares-cuba-incursion","published_at":"2026-04-17T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-prestige-4093863/news-lebanon-ceasefire-orb-n-loses-hungarian-election-trump-prepares-cuba-incursion","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-prestige-4093863","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/51/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG2955361161.mp3?updated=1776394007","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/51/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG2955361161.mp3?updated=1776394007","summary":"Subscribe now to get lots of bonus content (and no ads). Danny and Derek are considering attending the Met Gala. In this week’s news: Iran talks amble along despite U.S. forces building up in the region (1:55); the U.S. blockade restricts oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz (9:49); Lebanon and Israel declare a 10-day ceasefire (12:23); Hamas meets U.S. officials in Cairo to advance the talks over Gaza (19:37); Iraq’s parliament elects Nizar Ahmed as president (21:52); Sudan’s war enters its fourth year as Berlin pledges aid (25:21); Libya’s rival governments approve a joint national budget (27:20); Hungary’s opposition defeats Viktor Orbán in parliamentary elections (30:28); Britain suspends the Chagos handover after Trump objects (33:39); Peru’s election continues into a second day and heads to a runoff (36:39); Trump and J.D. Vance feud with Pope Leo over the Iran war (39:39), leading Italian PM Giorgia Meloni to distance herself from Trump (43:49); and the Trump administration prepares military plans for an operation in Cuba (46:17). Check out our Marx Prestige miniseries— new episodes drop on Tuesdays! And join our Discord. Subscribers get access to all channels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Subscribe now to get lots of bonus content (and no ads). Danny and Derek are considering attending the Met Gala. In this week’s news: Iran talks amble alo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3127,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/american-prestige-4093863/episodes/news-lebanon-ceasefire-orb-n-loses-hungarian-election-trump-prepares-cuba-incursion/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-prestige-4093863/news-lebanon-ceasefire-orb-n-loses-hungarian-election-trump-prepares-cuba-incursion.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}