{"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 - U.S.-Iran Escalation, Israel Expands Lebanon Campaign, CIA Feuds With Intelligence Chief w/ Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay","slug":"news-u-s-iran-escalation-israel-expands-lebanon-campaign-cia-feuds-with-intelligence-chief-w-kate-mackenzie-and-tim-sahay","published_at":"2026-06-05T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-prestige-4093863/news-u-s-iran-escalation-israel-expands-lebanon-campaign-cia-feuds-with-intelligence-chief-w-kate-mackenzie-and-tim-sahay","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/TPG5392082591.mp3","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/TPG5392082591.mp3","summary":"Subscribe now⁠ for an ad-free experience. There’s too much Knickerbocker news to fit here, but we do have other stories to report. This week: Iran and the U.S. exchange fire in the Gulf (2:00), plus peace talks stall after Trump adds new demands (4:29); Israel escalates its Lebanon campaign despite ceasefire talks (08:33); Cambodia takes a Thailand maritime dispute to the UN (15:19); in Sudan, tribal clashes kill dozens in South Darfur (17:38); Ukraine strikes St. Petersburg during the city’s International Economic Forum (20:13); Germany loses a UN Security Council vote (21:54); Colombia’s first-round election results see the right gain momentum (24:04); U.S. sanctions hit Cuba-linked hotels (26:36); and Tulsi Gabbard resigns as the DNI faces a CIA feud (29:11). Then, Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay , co-editors of The Polycrisis, join the show to explain how the climate crisis, Chinese clean-tech, U.S. policy, and the Iran war are accelerating a global shift away from fossil fuels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Subscribe now⁠ for an ad-free experience. There’s too much Knickerbocker news to fit here, but we do have other stories to report. This week: Iran and the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4064,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/american-prestige-4093863/episodes/news-u-s-iran-escalation-israel-expands-lebanon-campaign-cia-feuds-with-intelligence-chief-w-kate-mackenzie-and-tim-sahay/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-u-s-iran-escalation-israel-expands-lebanon-campaign-cia-feuds-with-intelligence-chief-w-kate-mackenzie-and-tim-sahay.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}