{"podcast":{"title":"Hawk Podcasts","slug":"hawk-podcasts-6751455","podcast_index_feed_id":6751455,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/pPVtxSNJ","website_url":"https://hawk-podcasts.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/01123aa5-ddc5-46ef-8ec3-6344dfabaf79/4c578f53-f1f0-49db-8058-3a9b1910fcf6/3000x3000/hawk-podcasts-20audio-20template.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Hawk","episode_count":279,"summary":"He's raw, unfiltered, unedited, authentic, vulnerable and sometimes annoying. His laugh is infectious, and he often engages in long periods of awkward silence. He will tell it like it is, and whether you’re on the left or the right he’s bound to make you uncomfortable at some point. But he will definitely make you think. A licensed, practicing trial attorney for the last 25 years, he brings his legal experience and knowledge to the news of the day and current events here at home to offer different perspectives and additional things to consider.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T04:17:06.891827+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hawk-podcasts-6751455"},"episode":{"title":"Russia, Iran, the Michigan Debate, and Where the Hell Is Mitch McConnell","slug":"russia-iran-the-michigan-debate-and-where-the-hell-is-mitch-mcconnell","published_at":"2026-07-30T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hawk-podcasts-6751455/russia-iran-the-michigan-debate-and-where-the-hell-is-mitch-mcconnell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hawk-podcasts-6751455","url":"https://www.youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/2f3709c2-07df-488d-92c9-f3103d2db29d/73d4921a-b648-432b-9ad6-c18c04a39172/episodes/audio/group/16186e37-2039-483b-af32-cdb9a5175ade/group-item/038db6f2-4b21-484b-b462-bdc13dda4887/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=pPVtxSNJ","summary":"Hawk runs through a full Tuesday of news. The headline is a report that Russia has been helping Iran target American military facilities and personnel, relevant because four US service members were killed a little over a week ago. Asked about it, Donald Trump said he does not think it is happening and that he will ask Vladimir Putin directly, prompting former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul to weigh in on a pattern Hawk traces back to Helsinki in 2018.","meta_description":"Hawk runs through a full Tuesday of news. The headline is a report that Russia has been helping Iran target American military facilities and personnel, re…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2429,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hawk-podcasts-6751455/episodes/russia-iran-the-michigan-debate-and-where-the-hell-is-mitch-mcconnell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hawk-podcasts-6751455/russia-iran-the-michigan-debate-and-where-the-hell-is-mitch-mcconnell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}