{"podcast":{"title":"School of War","slug":"school-of-war-4485553","podcast_index_feed_id":4485553,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/school-of-war","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e7539186-26e3-11ec-8093-d77d6bdef305/image/b1fa56a68d8727cd9fba08793d37de34.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Free Press","episode_count":319,"summary":"In School of War, CBS News National Security Analyst and Free Press columnist Aaron MacLean sits down with secretaries of state, top military historians, war planners, and key political decision-makers to help understand the lessons of war. Tune in as School of War takes you to the front lines. Aaron MacLean is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. He has worked as a foreign policy advisor and legislative director to Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and spent seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Visit our Substack for episode transcripts Follow along on Instagram","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T18:21:00.710717+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-war-4485553"},"episode":{"title":"Is Trump Forcing the Strait of Hormuz Open? With Rich Goldberg and Garrett Exner","slug":"is-trump-forcing-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-with-rich-goldberg-and-garrett-exner","published_at":"2026-05-04T17:08:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-war-4485553/is-trump-forcing-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-with-rich-goldberg-and-garrett-exner","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-war-4485553","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VOdNgcECFk0maZgOJbmx/traffic.megaphone.fm/CBS2227301048.mp3?updated=1777915366","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VOdNgcECFk0maZgOJbmx/traffic.megaphone.fm/CBS2227301048.mp3?updated=1777915366","summary":"Rich Goldberg, senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Garrett Exner, adjunct fellow at Hudson Institute, return to School of War to discuss the complicated news out of the Strait of Hormuz. What is President Donald Trump’s new plan, “Project Freedom”? Does it put the ceasefire at risk? What’s really happening in this critical waterway? Times: 02:31 - President’s statement 04:00 - Understanding Project Freedom 07:15 - Attacks against tankers 09:53 - Central Command statement 12:15 - Ceasefire breakdown 16:25 - Coordination cell or escort 18:00 - Trump buying time 20:40 - US Navy escort option 23:06 - Missile defense 24:45 - Economic impacts 27:01 - Iran under pressure 31:50 - Live news US vessel transit 34:15 - Human factor of outbound transit 37:30 - American gas production 39:28 - Predictions in America’s favor Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast Find more at The Free Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Rich Goldberg, senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Garrett Exner, adjunct fellow at Hudson Institute, return to School of War…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2656,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/school-of-war-4485553/episodes/is-trump-forcing-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-with-rich-goldberg-and-garrett-exner/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-war-4485553/is-trump-forcing-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-with-rich-goldberg-and-garrett-exner.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}