{"podcast":{"title":"Sources & Methods","slug":"sources-methods-7462369","podcast_index_feed_id":7462369,"rss_url":"https://feeds.npr.org/g-s1-84651/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/g-s1-84651/sources-and-methods","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x3000+0+0/resize/1400/quality/66/format/jpg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F65%2F8e%2F6bf282514dd1b3271f8363797274%2Fsources-and-methods-tile-art-3000x3000px.jpg","author":"NPR (Podcasts@npr.org)","episode_count":6,"summary":"National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields and the halls of power, they bring you inside the Pentagon, State Department, and intelligence community to help you understand America's shifting role in the world, and how events in faraway places matter here at home. Additional episodes feature interviews with power players from the NatSec world -- current and former military officials, intelligence experts, diplomatic leaders, and more. Email the show at sourcesandmethods@npr.org . NPR+ supporters hear every episode sponsor-free and can access our complete archive. Learn more and support public media at plus.npr.org .","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sources-methods-7462369"},"episode":{"title":"U.S., Iran trade strikes / Trump 'won't rush' / Obama nuclear deal 2.0?","slug":"u-s-iran-trade-strikes-trump-won-t-rush-obama-nuclear-deal-2-0","published_at":"2026-05-28T21:43:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sources-methods-7462369/u-s-iran-trade-strikes-trump-won-t-rush-obama-nuclear-deal-2-0","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sources-methods-7462369","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/05/28/nx-s1-5836557/u-s-iran-trade-strikes-trump-wont-rush-obama-nuclear-deal-2-0","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-g-s1-84651/npr.simplecastaudio.com/90a3b070-6fb5-4e5e-a441-5393331d5b53/episodes/069b2f9b-e6c7-48a0-aee2-965cef484eac/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=90a3b070-6fb5-4e5e-a441-5393331d5b53&awEpisodeId=069b2f9b-e6c7-48a0-aee2-965cef484eac&feed=v1IfWHro&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5836557&p=g-s1-84651&d=1829&size=29275578","summary":"Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this week that there's been \"some progress\" in current negotiations with Iran. But both sides exchanged fire this week, so what gives? Today, host Scott Detrow steps in for Mary Louise Kelly. He speaks with NPR International Correspondent Aya Batrawy and NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman about whether these diplomatic efforts can finally break the impasse between the two countries, and why a nuclear deal with Iran feels like déjà vu. Email the show at sourcesandmethods@npr.org NPR+ supporters hear every episode without sponsor messages and unlock access to our complete archive. Sign up at plus.npr.org . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy","meta_description":"Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this week that there's been \"some progress\" in current negotiations with Iran. But both sides exchanged fire this week…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1829,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sources-methods-7462369/episodes/u-s-iran-trade-strikes-trump-won-t-rush-obama-nuclear-deal-2-0/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sources-methods-7462369/u-s-iran-trade-strikes-trump-won-t-rush-obama-nuclear-deal-2-0.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}