{"podcast":{"title":"History As It Happens","slug":"history-as-it-happens-3075146","podcast_index_feed_id":3075146,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/o5fFlDxe","website_url":"https://historyasithappens.supercast.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/dfaf0741-8636-49cc-8b39-ca0cb6ecc4d6/df293f2a-95b5-4206-9257-4fcbef37164c/3000x3000/martin-square-241008.png?aid=rss_feed","author":"Martin Di Caro","episode_count":600,"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":"2026-09-23T22:18:58.951064+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-as-it-happens-3075146"},"episode":{"title":"Why Mossadegh Matters","slug":"why-mossadegh-matters","published_at":"2026-07-07T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-as-it-happens-3075146/why-mossadegh-matters","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-as-it-happens-3075146","url":"https://historyasithappens.libsyn.com/why-mossadegh-matters","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/historyasithappens/HH-FREE-563-260707.mp3?dest-id=2566565","summary":"Subscribe now for ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content. When the Trump administration attacked Iran in late February, some war backers dreamt that the Iranian people would rise en masse and take control of their country. It proved to be a dangerous fantasy. But then the history of U.S.-Iran relations is full of cruel ironies. More than 70 years ago, a democrat and nationalist named Mohammad Mossadegh galvanized the Iranian people and tried to liberate his country from foreign domination, only to be betrayed by the United States. Historian Roham Alvandi is our guest. Further listening: Operation Ajax (podcast w/ Gregory Brew) Recommended reading: Patriot of Persia by Christopher de Bellaigue America and Iran by John Ghazvinian","meta_description":"Subscribe now for ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content. When the Trump administration attacked Iran in late February, some war backers dream…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3086,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-as-it-happens-3075146/episodes/why-mossadegh-matters/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/why-mossadegh-matters.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}