{"podcast":{"title":"Scheer Intelligence","slug":"scheer-intelligence-426023","podcast_index_feed_id":426023,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/scheer-intelligence/","website_url":"https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/scheer-intelligence?utm_source=KCRW&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=kcrw-show-rss","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5c014846-05c2-4b8d-b060-be7d9ddbcc89/09dcfeb7-185a-4496-b8a4-0e3551e820e1-1400.jpg","author":"Scheerpost","episode_count":476,"summary":"Scheer Intelligence features thoughtful and provocative conversations with \"American Originals\" -- people who, through a lifetime of engagement with political issues, offer unique and often surprising perspectives on the day's most important issues.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scheer-intelligence-426023"},"episode":{"title":"War, Truth, and the Cost of Denial","slug":"war-truth-and-the-cost-of-denial","published_at":"2026-01-31T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scheer-intelligence-426023/war-truth-and-the-cost-of-denial","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scheer-intelligence-426023","url":"https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/scheer-intelligence?utm_source=KCRW&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=kcrw-show-rss","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/617728e1-5cfe-4218-8c34-dcda6d715d65.mp3","summary":"On today’s episode of Scheer Intelligence , Robert Scheer sits down once again with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern for a rare, unvarnished look at the war in Ukraine, the collapse of nuclear arms control, and the dangerous return of great‑power spheres of influence. McGovern, who spent 27 years briefing presidents from Nixon to Reagan, argues that the conflict was provoked, that Russia believes it has already won, and that the real negotiations now bypass Europe entirely. Scheer pushes back, insisting on the human cost and the moral urgency of ending the war now — not after another round of geopolitical maneuvering. Together, they cut through media narratives and political posturing to expose what’s really at stake: the future of global security, the erosion of diplomacy, and the lives caught in the crossfire.","meta_description":"On today’s episode of Scheer Intelligence , Robert Scheer sits down once again with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern for a rare, unvarnished look at the wa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4613,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scheer-intelligence-426023/episodes/war-truth-and-the-cost-of-denial/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scheer-intelligence-426023/war-truth-and-the-cost-of-denial.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}