{"podcast":{"title":"Heroes Behind Headlines","slug":"heroes-behind-headlines-4769541","podcast_index_feed_id":4769541,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1944105.rss","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/heroesbehindheadlines","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/amnyfcqp9ht9pwxpp049iav0r7uq?.jpg","author":"Heroes Behind Headlines","episode_count":230,"summary":"Heroes Behind the Headlines: a new podcast featuring an explosive new story every episode. First-hand accounts of adventures and events which have shaped our world . The real stories behind the headlines you know, told by the heroes you don’t. Hosted by NYT and international bestselling author Ralph Pezzullo.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T08:20:59.891902+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heroes-behind-headlines-4769541"},"episode":{"title":"How China Is Buying the Worldd","slug":"how-china-is-buying-the-worldd","published_at":"2026-08-24T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heroes-behind-headlines-4769541/how-china-is-buying-the-worldd","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heroes-behind-headlines-4769541","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1944105/episodes/19663471-how-china-is-buying-the-worldd.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1944105/episodes/19663471-how-china-is-buying-the-worldd.mp3","summary":"Travel writer and investigative journalist Michael McCarthy. Michael has traveled to over fifty countries, but his special interest is China. So wherever he goes he keeps his eye out for hidden clues about ways the Chinese Communist Party is secretly infiltrating western democracies in order take over the world. He finds plenty in unlikely places like Tahiti, Dubai, Vancouver, Switzerland and Los Angeles This is the subject of his recent book Follow the Money: How China Bought the World...","meta_description":"Travel writer and investigative journalist Michael McCarthy. Michael has traveled to over fifty countries, but his special interest is China. So wherever…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3033,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heroes-behind-headlines-4769541/episodes/how-china-is-buying-the-worldd/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heroes-behind-headlines-4769541/how-china-is-buying-the-worldd.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}