{"podcast":{"title":"Deep Dish on Global Affairs","slug":"deep-dish-on-global-affairs-175515","podcast_index_feed_id":175515,"rss_url":"https://deepdishonglobalaffairs.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://deepdishonglobalaffairs.libsyn.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/d/7/a/9d7a1e28b1dea74216c3140a3186d450/250627_Full_Title_Globe-20250627-h94eqvgf27.jpg","author":"Chicago Council on Global Affairs","episode_count":400,"summary":"Deep Dish on Global Affairs helps you make sense of our rapidly changing world. Join host Leslie Vinjamuri, President and CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, as she speaks with thought leaders, journalists, and experts shaping foreign policy and global events. Together, they go beyond the headlines, explaining how events unfolded, why they matter, and what to watch for. Can global trade survive the shock of Trump's tariffs? What's behind the global race for AI dominance? New episodes every Thursday. Learn more at https://globalaffairs.org/deep-dish","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-dish-on-global-affairs-175515"},"episode":{"title":"Is the Middle East Heading Toward a Much Bigger War?","slug":"is-the-middle-east-heading-toward-a-much-bigger-war","published_at":"2026-04-02T15:56:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-dish-on-global-affairs-175515/is-the-middle-east-heading-toward-a-much-bigger-war","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-dish-on-global-affairs-175515","url":"https://deepdishonglobalaffairs.libsyn.com/is-the-middle-east-heading-toward-a-much-bigger-war","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/deepdishonglobalaffairs/037_-_DD_-_Autocracy_in_Iran_-_260402_-_FINAL_MIX.mp3?dest-id=580050","summary":"\"This is no longer an Iran war. This is a region-wide war.\" Fawaz Gerges , of the London School of Economics and Political Science , explains why he believes the conflict has expanded far beyond Iran, what Israel is trying to achieve in Lebanon, and why the search for security may be driving the Middle East toward deeper instability.","meta_description":"\"This is no longer an Iran war. This is a region-wide war.\" Fawaz Gerges , of the London School of Economics and Political Science , explains why he belie…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1628,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/deep-dish-on-global-affairs-175515/episodes/is-the-middle-east-heading-toward-a-much-bigger-war/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-dish-on-global-affairs-175515/is-the-middle-east-heading-toward-a-much-bigger-war.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}