{"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":"Xi Jinping and the Cold War","slug":"xi-jinping-and-the-cold-war","published_at":"2026-01-02T18:28:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cold-war-cast-4464492/xi-jinping-and-the-cold-war","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cold-war-cast-4464492","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coldwarcast/episodes/Xi-Jinping-and-the-Cold-War-e3d3igu","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6b43b26c/podcast/play/113412062/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-2%2F415377278-44100-2-93778bc169d5d.m4a","summary":"For Xi Jinping the Cold War never really ended. What we saw as a victory of democracy was a failure of weak men and a cautionary tale for Xi and the Chinese Communist Party. In this episode we talk about the chaos and suffering Xi endured in his young life to make him into the man he is today. The Cold War was a visceral experience for him that made him wary of chaos and disorder. I think looking at his Cold War experience helps explain this leader who is elusive to the outside world.","meta_description":"For Xi Jinping the Cold War never really ended. What we saw as a victory of democracy was a failure of weak men and a cautionary tale for Xi and the Chine…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2422,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cold-war-cast-4464492/episodes/xi-jinping-and-the-cold-war/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/xi-jinping-and-the-cold-war.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}