{"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":"The Truth Behind The War On Drugs","slug":"the-truth-behind-the-war-on-drugs","published_at":"2026-07-06T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heroes-behind-headlines-4769541/the-truth-behind-the-war-on-drugs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heroes-behind-headlines-4769541","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1944105/episodes/19443656-the-truth-behind-the-war-on-drugs.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1944105/episodes/19443656-the-truth-behind-the-war-on-drugs.mp3","summary":"Award-winning journalist Bill Conroy is back dishing the inside dirt on how America's war on drugs has really turned into a complex business of law enforcement and political policy conflicts. Bill describes how the federal agencies charged with protecting the U.S. from the drug trade compete with each other and the differing priorities of our intelligence agencies. Bill hits the highlights from his latest book, \"The Great Pretense.\" Heroes Behind Headlines Executive Producer Ralph Pezzullo ...","meta_description":"Award-winning journalist Bill Conroy is back dishing the inside dirt on how America's war on drugs has really turned into a complex business of law enforc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3706,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heroes-behind-headlines-4769541/episodes/the-truth-behind-the-war-on-drugs/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/the-truth-behind-the-war-on-drugs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}