{"podcast":{"title":"Cold War Cast","slug":"cold-war-cast-4464492","podcast_index_feed_id":4464492,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6b43b26c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coldwarcast","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/17895987/17895987-1631531697962-a535306eaaeba.jpg","author":"Cold War Cast","episode_count":56,"summary":"The history and the pop culture of the Cold War with Ryan Lewellin","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T18:19:01.909415+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cold-war-cast-4464492"},"episode":{"title":"Ghosts of the Cold War: Iran’s F-14 Tomcats","slug":"ghosts-of-the-cold-war-iran-s-f-14-tomcats-2","published_at":"2026-04-13T20:29:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cold-war-cast-4464492/ghosts-of-the-cold-war-iran-s-f-14-tomcats-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cold-war-cast-4464492","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coldwarcast/episodes/Ghosts-of-the-Cold-War-Irans-F-14-Tomcats-e3hrssb","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6b43b26c/podcast/play/118403403/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-13%2F421998291-44100-2-b43f700bc1fa9.m4a","summary":"Today we’re talking about the last Tomcats on Earth - Iran’s F-14s. Iran acquired them during a period of the Cold War when the US and Iran were aligned against the Soviet Union. After the Islamic Revolution American support was withdrawn and Iran was on her own to keep the planes flying without spare parts and tech support. This is a story of aviation history, espionage, Iran’s military and middle eastern conflict all in one.","meta_description":"Today we’re talking about the last Tomcats on Earth - Iran’s F-14s. Iran acquired them during a period of the Cold War when the US and Iran were aligned a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2029,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cold-war-cast-4464492/episodes/ghosts-of-the-cold-war-iran-s-f-14-tomcats-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cold-war-cast-4464492/ghosts-of-the-cold-war-iran-s-f-14-tomcats-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}