{"podcast":{"title":"History As It Happens","slug":"history-as-it-happens-3075146","podcast_index_feed_id":3075146,"rss_url":"https://historyasithappens.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://historyasithappens.supercast.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/4/d/1/44d17a1c5092053027a2322813b393ee/Martin_Square_241008.png","author":"Martin Di Caro","episode_count":589,"summary":"Discover how the past shapes the present with the best historians in the world. Everything happening today comes from something, somewhere. History As It Happens features interviews with today's top scholars and thinkers, interwoven with audio from history's archive. Subscribe for ad-free episodes, early access, and bonus content. https://historyasithappens.supercast.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T08:17:22.303405+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-as-it-happens-3075146"},"episode":{"title":"Whose Strait of Hormuz? (Bonus)","slug":"whose-strait-of-hormuz-bonus","published_at":"2026-05-13T15:58:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-as-it-happens-3075146/whose-strait-of-hormuz-bonus","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-as-it-happens-3075146","url":"https://historyasithappens.libsyn.com/whose-strait-of-hormuz-bonus","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/historyasithappens/HH-FREE-Hormuz-260513.mp3?dest-id=2566565","summary":"Subscribe now to listen to the entire 18-minute episode (or preview 6 minutes). Two and a half months after President Trump ordered U.S. forces to bomb Iran, there is no war, no peace, and the Strait of Hormuz is still closed at both ends. The global economy is staggering from the loss of energy resources (oil and natural gas) that normally traverse the strait. Iran wants to establish its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz as part of any settlement. What's actually happening out there? The Wall Street Journal's chief foreign affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov joins us from Dubai, which faces the Persian Gulf.","meta_description":"Subscribe now to listen to the entire 18-minute episode (or preview 6 minutes). Two and a half months after President Trump ordered U.S. forces to bomb Ir…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":344,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-as-it-happens-3075146/episodes/whose-strait-of-hormuz-bonus/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-as-it-happens-3075146/whose-strait-of-hormuz-bonus.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}