{"podcast":{"title":"On Geopolitics","slug":"on-geopolitics-3626222","podcast_index_feed_id":3626222,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/ehmvghgztxkwzicmgpx94s/","website_url":"https://www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a5eeb77a-f3c7-4c02-b786-b19063471a55/czZIEkRhOtFNuujNncjk0dFV.png","author":"Centre for Geopolitics","episode_count":87,"summary":"On Geopolitics enters a new chapter with the introduction of two new hosts: Professors William Hurst and John Nilsson-Wright. John hosts “Currents”, engaging guests from diverse sectors including government, academia, media, science, and business, to explore topical global issues and events. Meanwhile Bill hosts “Explorations”, which will present a series of in-depth discussions and analyses of big ideas and enduring themes - the first of these being on “War\". Our original hosts, Suzanne Raine and Professor Ali Ansari make periodic guest reappearances in the future, maintaining what has been the mission of the podcast, to inform our understanding and analysis of contemporary geopolitical issues with lessons and perspectives from history.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-geopolitics-3626222"},"episode":{"title":"Explorations on War - Episode 4, with Lt Gen Doug Chalmers","slug":"explorations-on-war-episode-4-with-lt-gen-doug-chalmers","published_at":"2025-11-10T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-geopolitics-3626222/explorations-on-war-episode-4-with-lt-gen-doug-chalmers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-geopolitics-3626222","url":"https://www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/34194738-c5f5-4563-b030-e933605c6960.mp3","summary":"Former British Army officer Lieutenant General Doug Chalmers — who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy & Operations) from 2018 to 2021, and is the current Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge — joins Professor William Hurst to discuss the importance of having local and regional political understandings whilst carrying out military campaigns. They also explore how actors in war should understand their own positionalities, and reflect on how their own biases and relationships impact their knowledge and judgements.","meta_description":"Former British Army officer Lieutenant General Doug Chalmers — who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy & Operations) from 2…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2144,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-geopolitics-3626222/episodes/explorations-on-war-episode-4-with-lt-gen-doug-chalmers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-geopolitics-3626222/explorations-on-war-episode-4-with-lt-gen-doug-chalmers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}