{"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":"Sen. Slotkin: Trump Is Desperate to Escape His Iran War | Command Post","slug":"sen-slotkin-trump-is-desperate-to-escape-his-iran-war-command-post","published_at":"2026-07-22T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724/sen-slotkin-trump-is-desperate-to-escape-his-iran-war-command-post","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bulwark-takes-7201724","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8930974","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8930974.mp3?modified=1784689275&sid=5149464&source=rss","summary":"Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker are joined by Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) for her take on the state of the Iran war, U.S. military strategy, and the health of American democracy heading into the midterms. Slotkin, a former CIA analyst with three tours in Iraq, pushes back on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's testimony that the U.S. has neutralized Iran's naval threat in the Strait of Hormuz, arguing Iran retains \"veto power\" over the critical waterway through drones, mines, and fast boats. Plus, Sen. Slotkin explains how her \"Protect Our Polls Act\" is designed to block the military from being deployed to polling sites during the midterms without congressional approval. This episode is sponsored by The New York Times.","meta_description":"Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker are joined by Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) for her take on the state of the Iran war, U.S. military strategy…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1601,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bulwark-takes-7201724/episodes/sen-slotkin-trump-is-desperate-to-escape-his-iran-war-command-post/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/sen-slotkin-trump-is-desperate-to-escape-his-iran-war-command-post.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}