{"podcast":{"title":"Borderland: Dispatches with Katarina Szulc","slug":"borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689","podcast_index_feed_id":7338689,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/IRD1459061282","website_url":"https://thisisironclad.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/dfd338de-31c1-11f0-a1c3-23ba1990f8e7/image/9bfd60ae3eee758123e41304ab51cbb3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"IRONCLAD","episode_count":74,"summary":"Cartel violence. Kidnappings. Disappearances. The headlines don’t tell the full story. Borderland: Dispatches, an IRONCLAD Original, delivers raw, on-the-ground updates from Mexico’s cartel war. Hosted by investigative journalist Katarina Szulc, the series offers real-time snapshots of a conflict reshaping the future of both Mexico and the U.S. With rare access to traffickers, law enforcement, and civilians caught in the crossfire, these fast-moving episodes expose the brutal truth behind the drug war. New dispatches drop every Thursday.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T08:19:39.439662+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689"},"episode":{"title":"Are Cartel Drone Operators Training on the Ukraine Frontlines? Katarina Szulc Investigates","slug":"are-cartel-drone-operators-training-on-the-ukraine-frontlines-katarina-szulc-investigates","published_at":"2026-07-10T22:54:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689/are-cartel-drone-operators-training-on-the-ukraine-frontlines-katarina-szulc-investigates","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/IRD1983591968.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/IRD1983591968.mp3","summary":"On the latest Borderland: Dispatches film, Katarina Szulc travels to the frontlines of the war in Ukraine to investigate reports that Mexican cartel sicarios and operatives are traveling to Ukraine to learn FPV drone combat. Borderland: Dispatches is an IRONCLAD Original Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:42) Mexico's cartels infiltrate Ukraine's foreign fighter program (00:04:53) Meeting a volunteer 3D-printing bombs (00:09:39) The four layers of background checks (00:12:17) The case of \"Aguilar Siete\" (00:17:54) Mexico's escalating cartel drone attacks SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc/id1814920364 SUBSCRIBE ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7EvQ4S8NnDqqSdCRhZvPaI?si=ea91d3147b6b46bc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"On the latest Borderland: Dispatches film, Katarina Szulc travels to the frontlines of the war in Ukraine to investigate reports that Mexican cartel sicar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1306,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689/episodes/are-cartel-drone-operators-training-on-the-ukraine-frontlines-katarina-szulc-investigates/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689/are-cartel-drone-operators-training-on-the-ukraine-frontlines-katarina-szulc-investigates.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}