{"podcast":{"title":"Left Anchor","slug":"left-anchor-590005","podcast_index_feed_id":590005,"rss_url":"https://leftanchor.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.leftanchor.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3456621/anchor.jpg","author":"Ryan Cooper & Alexi the Greek","episode_count":410,"summary":"Philosophy, politics, and the left.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T16:17:39.556870+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/left-anchor-590005"},"episode":{"title":"Gangster Imperialism in Venezuela - 378","slug":"gangster-imperialism-in-venezuela-378","published_at":"2026-01-10T02:30:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/left-anchor-590005/gangster-imperialism-in-venezuela-378","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/left-anchor-590005","url":"https://www.leftanchor.com/e/gangster-imperialism-in-venezuela-378/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2tkviticae22mjxt/Left_Anchor_378.mp3","summary":"Today we've got NYU historian Alejandro Velasco on to discuss Trump's kidnapping of Venezuela's now-former president Nicolas Maduro. We talk about the historical context, details about the oil sector there, what Trump's goals might be and whether they make any sense, and what it all might mean. Enjoy! Check out Alejandro's recent article in the Guardian here.","meta_description":"Today we've got NYU historian Alejandro Velasco on to discuss Trump's kidnapping of Venezuela's now-former president Nicolas Maduro. We talk about the his…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3754,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/left-anchor-590005/episodes/gangster-imperialism-in-venezuela-378/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/left-anchor-590005/gangster-imperialism-in-venezuela-378.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}