{"podcast":{"title":"Audible Anarchism","slug":"audible-anarchism-435449","podcast_index_feed_id":435449,"rss_url":"https://audibleanarchism.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://audibleanarchism.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4087127/Audible-Aanrchist-large.jpg","author":"audibleanarchism","episode_count":399,"summary":"A podcast broadcasting Anarchist essays and Audiobooks.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T12:19:49.331444+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/audible-anarchism-435449"},"episode":{"title":"War is a Racket by Smedley Butler","slug":"war-is-a-racket-by-smedley-butler","published_at":"2026-04-14T08:23:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/audible-anarchism-435449/war-is-a-racket-by-smedley-butler","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/audible-anarchism-435449","url":"https://audibleanarchism.podbean.com/e/war-is-a-racket-by-smedley-butler/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nvydzzyseq4gk98t/War_is_a_Racketba6rz.mp3","summary":"#war #antiwar For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.comWhile far from an Anarchist former Marine General Smedley Butler composed a speech in his twilight years that proved to be a damning criticism of militarism, imperialism and the capitalist system that enables and profits from them. Read the speech at https://publicdomarchive.blogspot.com/2026/04/1935-war-is-racket.htmlMarine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler's expose of American Corporate Imperialism. Butler said, “I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to Major General. And during that period I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. I suspected I was just part of the racket all the time. Now I am sure of it.”","meta_description":"#war #antiwar For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.comWhile far from an Anarchist former Marine General Smed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3642,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/audible-anarchism-435449/episodes/war-is-a-racket-by-smedley-butler/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/audible-anarchism-435449/war-is-a-racket-by-smedley-butler.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}