{"podcast":{"title":"Connections Podcast","slug":"connections-podcast-736335","podcast_index_feed_id":736335,"rss_url":"https://publicfeeds.net/f/11479/feed-rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.wxxinews.org","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/11479/images/ed645589-1b7e-41ff-97e9-72e5ad996f84/CONNECTIONS_1400x1400.jpeg","author":"WXXI News (connections@wxxi.org)","episode_count":50,"summary":"Evan Dawson talks about what matters to you on Connections. Do you have a story that needs to be shared? Pitch your story to Connections. For transcripts, please email our Move to Include team with a link to the episode.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T06:20:51.912094+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335"},"episode":{"title":"The risks of overstretching the American military","slug":"the-risks-of-overstretching-the-american-military","published_at":"2026-05-12T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335/the-risks-of-overstretching-the-american-military","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_11479_b5ed4567-b03e-4d0d-be50-4a4879ec8b48&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F11479%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/11479/b5ed4567-b03e-4d0d-be50-4a4879ec8b48/Connections-Tuesday-Hr1-5.12.26.mp3","summary":"With the U.S. military stretched thin around the world, some international observers are concerned that American adversaries will try to take advantage. That could mean Russia targeting NATO or China targeting Taiwan. We discuss the current situation and the risks that could be ahead. In studio: Randy Stone, Ph.D., professor of political science and director of the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at the University of Rochester --- Connections is supported by listeners like you. Head to our donation page to become a WXXI member today, support the show, and help us close the gap created by the rescission of federal funding. --- Connections airs every weekday from noon-2 p.m. Join the conversation with questions or comments by phone at 1-844-295-TALK (8255) or 585-263-9994, email , Facebook or Twitter . Connections is also livestreamed on the WXXI News YouTube channel each day. You can watch live or access previous episodes here . --- Do you have a story that needs to be shared? Pitch your story to Connections .","meta_description":"With the U.S. military stretched thin around the world, some international observers are concerned that American adversaries will try to take advantage. T…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3076,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/connections-podcast-736335/episodes/the-risks-of-overstretching-the-american-military/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connections-podcast-736335/the-risks-of-overstretching-the-american-military.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}