{"podcast":{"title":"Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald","slug":"global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533","podcast_index_feed_id":6755533,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/103189114/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/global-roaming/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/58c0d4d2bb3eaeda6d7c9d98ca7d81be.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":250,"summary":"A war breaks out, a leader emerges, a revolution unfolds. How did it happen, and what are the implications for you? Award-winning journalists Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald are joined by two new hosts, former foreign correspondent Kylie Morris and journalist Latika Bourke in London. Every day, they'll be discussing the biggest world events and how to make of sense of them. Along with expert guests, they take a single topic and examine it with Australian eyes. Challenging, thoughtful and fun, Global Roaming is your user's guide to what the world is talking about.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T12:19:15.170488+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533"},"episode":{"title":"Is the Middle East caught in an unstoppable 'escalation trap' of all-out war?","slug":"is-the-middle-east-caught-in-an-unstoppable-escalation-trap-of-all-out-war","published_at":"2026-06-29T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533/is-the-middle-east-caught-in-an-unstoppable-escalation-trap-of-all-out-war","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/global-roaming/global-roaming-middle-east-escalation-trap-war/106778818","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/m0/Z/0r.mp3","summary":"It was just a few weeks into the Israel and the US military operations against Iran. Iran had retaliated with missile and drone strikes on Israeli territory; there were civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure on both sides. But for all the bravado and swagger of the US and Israel might the Iranians survive this or has the US and Israel's military campaign against Iran spiralled into a perpetual war beyond anyone's control? This is Global Roaming looking back to the beginnings of a deadly conflict.","meta_description":"It was just a few weeks into the Israel and the US military operations against Iran. Iran had retaliated with missile and drone strikes on Israeli territo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1743,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533/episodes/is-the-middle-east-caught-in-an-unstoppable-escalation-trap-of-all-out-war/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533/is-the-middle-east-caught-in-an-unstoppable-escalation-trap-of-all-out-war.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}