{"podcast":{"title":"Cheap Talk","slug":"cheap-talk-6049769","podcast_index_feed_id":6049769,"rss_url":"https://www.jkaplow.net/cheaptalk?format=rss","website_url":"https://www.jkaplow.net/cheaptalk/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c381dde4b0c32cc8284816/1676858752048-A2JOOXZO72JIQV2O7183/cheaptalklogo1.png?format=1500w","author":"Jeff Kaplow","episode_count":128,"summary":"Cheap Talk is an every-week-or-so international relations podcast with Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes, professors of government at William & Mary.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-06T14:21:26.391782+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cheap-talk-6049769"},"episode":{"title":"It's Doomsday Day!","slug":"it-s-doomsday-day","published_at":"2026-02-01T18:29:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cheap-talk-6049769/it-s-doomsday-day","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cheap-talk-6049769","url":"https://www.jkaplow.net/cheaptalk/2026/2/1/its-doomsday-day","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c381dde4b0c32cc8284816/t/697f9aff79f14b03c2ff3ade/1769970464332/CheapTalkS6E15+-+Doomsday+Day.mp3","summary":"It is 85 seconds to midnight (according to the Doomsday Clock); evaluating the risk of catastrophe; the latest Board of Peace developments; another speech pointing to the end of the international system as we know it; what it means for Europe to take more responsibility for its own defense; and Marcus recalls World War II The opinions expressed on this podcast are solely our own and do not reflect the policies or positions of William & Mary. Please subscribe to Cheap Talk on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or your podcast player of choice to be notified when new episodes are posted. Further Listening/Reading: Cheap Talk Podcast. 2024. “Exercise in Optimism” (Jan. 27), via Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or the web . Gabriel A. Almond and Stephen J. Genco. 1977. “Clouds, Clocks, and the Study of Politics.” World Politics 29(4): 489–522. See all Cheap Talk episodes","meta_description":"It is 85 seconds to midnight (according to the Doomsday Clock); evaluating the risk of catastrophe; the latest Board of Peace developments; another speech…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2581,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cheap-talk-6049769/episodes/it-s-doomsday-day/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cheap-talk-6049769/it-s-doomsday-day.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}