{"podcast":{"title":"Fourth Reich Archaeology","slug":"fourth-reich-archaeology-6979150","podcast_index_feed_id":6979150,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f94a82ac/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fourth-reich-archaeology","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41724099/41724099-1722440624254-1317a74232baf.jpg","author":"Fourth Reich Archaeology","episode_count":103,"summary":"Do you ever feel like life in the United States doesn’t make any sense? Is the daily barrage of hypocrisy and lies you’re being fed getting to you? Do you feel sick, agitated, or anxious, and don’t know why? Join your hosts Dick and Don as they excavate the contemporary capitalist hellscape in which we find ourselves in search of the cause of our collective malaise. Follow along as we dig deep into historical persons, places, and events to expose what’s been concealed, and reveal the US-led global order for what it truly is: the Fourth Reich.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T14:20:18.557878+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fourth-reich-archaeology-6979150"},"episode":{"title":"#092 - Contra Iran, Part 4","slug":"092-contra-iran-part-4","published_at":"2026-04-17T02:21:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fourth-reich-archaeology-6979150/092-contra-iran-part-4","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fourth-reich-archaeology-6979150","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fourth-reich-archaeology/episodes/092---Contra-Iran--Part-4-e3i1c08","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f94a82ac/podcast/play/118582728/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-17%2Ff18ac89d-e3e9-8675-13d8-649270e26562.mp3","summary":"As the fake veneer of a “ceasefire” in Iran dissolves under the acid of the truth, we’re back talking about the spectacle of this illegal, undeclared, murderous “war” against the people of Iran. We unpack the agreement that we’re supposed to believe precluded a civilization-ending super-attack, track how it quickly fell apart thanks to the perennial, serial ceasefire-breaker, Israel. We also discuss the internal dynamics in the administration and make some key predictions about personnel changes and who’s getting thrown under the bus. (Hint: one of them is going to be the guy who farted into a tv microphone.) Finally, we discuss the myth that Iran is a “fanatical,” “irrational,” “rogue” regime. Much of it dates back to the hostage crisis of 1979, but was that really such a crazy move by the newly empowered revolutionary student movement? It’s a packed and hopefully helpful discussion of the war that still threatens to bring the global economy to its knees all because our leaders are insane and evil, serving a ruling class that knows it’s about to have to oversee a fundamental economic shift to automation and is gambling with the lives of millions to test out new methods of violence, surveillance, and control.","meta_description":"As the fake veneer of a “ceasefire” in Iran dissolves under the acid of the truth, we’re back talking about the spectacle of this illegal, undeclared, mur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5416,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fourth-reich-archaeology-6979150/episodes/092-contra-iran-part-4/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fourth-reich-archaeology-6979150/092-contra-iran-part-4.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}