{"podcast":{"title":"Atomic Hobo - Nuclear War Podcast","slug":"atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575","podcast_index_feed_id":1134575,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5e9316281ff1a856719a4316","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/atomichobo","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5e9316281ff1a856719a4316/1599172238281-91abfc0d322b66d5d0c9b859b15bb3ad.jpeg","author":"JULIE MCDOWALL","episode_count":265,"summary":"A weekly podcast on how we prepared for nuclear war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T12:20:08.502538+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575"},"episode":{"title":"Pressing the Button: 'Fat, dumb and happy'","slug":"pressing-the-button-fat-dumb-and-happy","published_at":"2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575/pressing-the-button-fat-dumb-and-happy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575","url":"https://shows.acast.com/atomichobo/episodes/fat-dumb-and-happy","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e9316281ff1a856719a4316/e/69fa19271353c87e11d6c02f/media.mp3","summary":"More on Truman and sole presidential authority, and why did Curtis LeMay say he would refuse to be 'fat, dumb and happy' if America got nuked? As with last week's episode on Truman, I must acknowledge the brilliant new book by Alex Wellerstein called The Most Awful Responsibility. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"More on Truman and sole presidential authority, and why did Curtis LeMay say he would refuse to be 'fat, dumb and happy' if America got nuked? As with las…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1520,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575/episodes/pressing-the-button-fat-dumb-and-happy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/atomic-hobo-nuclear-war-podcast-1134575/pressing-the-button-fat-dumb-and-happy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}