{"podcast":{"title":"Heritage Explains","slug":"heritage-explains-800789","podcast_index_feed_id":800789,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/7179216/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heritage-explains--7179216","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/50b0ea569e16ffcfe238bfdfdfb72351.jpg","author":"The Heritage Foundation","episode_count":479,"summary":"A podcast that explains major policy issues at a 101 level. Experts from America's leading public policy organization break down major news stories and policy debates raging in culture and Congress alike.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T08:18:43.457108+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heritage-explains-800789"},"episode":{"title":"What Should We Expect in Iran? | Victoria Coates","slug":"what-should-we-expect-in-iran-victoria-coates","published_at":"2026-03-04T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heritage-explains-800789/what-should-we-expect-in-iran-victoria-coates","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heritage-explains-800789","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-should-we-expect-in-iran-victoria-coates--72971026","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72971026/7ecb2fdb_1921_3d9d_b205_55b66585d83a.mp3","summary":"On Saturday, after a third round of failed negotiation with the aspiring nuclear state of Iran, the United States and Israel launched a joint military operation called Epic Fury. Those strikes were successful in eliminating the majority of Iranian Senior leadership, including Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. War is never a decision to be taken lightly, as lives and nations hang in the balance. I sat down with Victoria Coates, Vice President of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy here at Heritage, to talk about what has led up to this conflict in Iran and what she hopes to see going forward. --- Thoughts? Questions? Email us at: heritageexplains@heritage.org. --- More on Defense from Heritage: https://www.heritage.org/defense Victoria Coates on X: https://x.com/VictoriaCoates","meta_description":"On Saturday, after a third round of failed negotiation with the aspiring nuclear state of Iran, the United States and Israel launched a joint military ope…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1353,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heritage-explains-800789/episodes/what-should-we-expect-in-iran-victoria-coates/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heritage-explains-800789/what-should-we-expect-in-iran-victoria-coates.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}