{"podcast":{"title":"Bulwark Takes","slug":"bulwark-takes-7201724","podcast_index_feed_id":7201724,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5149464.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5149464","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43757337.jpg","author":"The Bulwark","episode_count":500,"summary":"The news cycle doesn’t slow down, and neither does The Bulwark. Bulwark Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from the entire Bulwark team, including Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and Bill Kristol, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T04:18:46.924998+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724"},"episode":{"title":"Russia’s Shadow War Is Spreading Across Europe","slug":"russia-s-shadow-war-is-spreading-across-europe","published_at":"2026-09-20T22:09:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724/russia-s-shadow-war-is-spreading-across-europe","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8954925","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8954925.mp3?modified=1789940799&sid=5149464&source=rss","summary":"Sam Stein and former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos give their takes on the flurry of international headlines over the weekend. The Houthis have escalated attacks on Saudi Arabia, including strikes on Riyadh, while Ukraine has launched a major wave of drone and missile strikes on Moscow and Russian energy infrastructure. They also discuss the Trump administration’s response to the Saudi crisis, the U.S. role in Ukraine, Russia’s escalating attacks and sabotage efforts across Europe, and the prospect of a brutal winter for Ukraine.","meta_description":"Sam Stein and former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos give their takes on the flurry of international headlines over the weekend. The Houthis have escalate…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1677,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bulwark-takes-7201724/episodes/russia-s-shadow-war-is-spreading-across-europe/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724/russia-s-shadow-war-is-spreading-across-europe.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}