{"podcast":{"title":"Real Dictators","slug":"real-dictators-291447","podcast_index_feed_id":291447,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NSR6187882468","website_url":"https://www.noiser.com/realdictators","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/8fc85e34-7c1b-11ea-9f28-6fb64396145e/image/b3a8c0639ac6e98170250a6bdd61c43c.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"NOISER","episode_count":159,"summary":"Real Dictators is the award-winning podcast that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Hosted by Paul McGann, with contributions from eyewitnesses and expert historians. New episodes available two weeks early for Noiser+ subscribers. You'll also get ad-free listening, early access and exclusive content on shows across the Noiser podcast network. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started or head to noiser.com/subscriptions For advertising enquiries, email info@adelicious.fm No part of this podcast may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. In accordance with Article 4(3) of the DSM Directive 2019/790, Noiser Ltd expressly reserves this work from the text and data mining exception.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T10:19:30.420827+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-dictators-291447"},"episode":{"title":"Introducing: Founding Fathers: An American Dream - Episode 1","slug":"introducing-founding-fathers-an-american-dream-episode-1","published_at":"2026-06-11T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-dictators-291447/introducing-founding-fathers-an-american-dream-episode-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-dictators-291447","url":"https://www.noiser.com/founding-fathers-an-american-dream","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1557665969.mp3","summary":"This is a preview of a brand-new show from the Noiser Podcast Network. Hosted by Clarke Peters (The Wire, The Boroughs), 'Founding Fathers: An American Dream' tells the epic story of the birth of the United States of America, 250 years ago. Follow George Washington into bloody battles, sit alongside Thomas Jefferson as he crafts the Declaration of Independence, hear Alexander Hamilton debate the future of the new nation. And discover things you may never have known about this world-changing fight for liberty. But it all begins in Boston...a young, unruly city where the first stirrings of rebellion emerge...and where, in 1706, a baby boy named Benjamin Franklin is about to be born... For more episodes, search 'Founding Fathers: An American Dream' in your podcast app and hit follow. You can listen to Episode 2 straight after this. Real Dictators will be back on Wednesday with the story of Tito. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"This is a preview of a brand-new show from the Noiser Podcast Network. Hosted by Clarke Peters (The Wire, The Boroughs), 'Founding Fathers: An American Dr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3611,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-dictators-291447/episodes/introducing-founding-fathers-an-american-dream-episode-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-dictators-291447/introducing-founding-fathers-an-american-dream-episode-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}