{"podcast":{"title":"SpyTalk","slug":"spytalk-3670630","podcast_index_feed_id":3670630,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/d7fabfc8-69a5-4dcf-939b-3124a279b019","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/spytalk7792","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/1/22/21/fa3aee3a-24f2-40af-8dde-532ef3b50af9_finalspytalk-1.png","author":"SpyTalk, Jeff Stein","episode_count":219,"summary":"SpyTalk lives at the intersection of intelligence operations, foreign policy, homeland security, and military strategy. Hosted by veteran national security journalists Jeff Stein, Michael Isikoff and Karen J. Greenberg, the podcast features exclusives by SpyTalk’s roster of longtime reporters, news and profiles of US and foreign spymasters, and interviews with policymakers and expert authors. There’s nothing quite like it—a place for experts and laypersons alike, who enjoy national security scoops and insights by SpyTalk's subject matter experts. For more SpyTalk go to: https://www.spytalk.co/","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T06:18:41.536660+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spytalk-3670630"},"episode":{"title":"The Reporter and the China Trap","slug":"the-reporter-and-the-china-trap","published_at":"2026-07-03T17:30:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spytalk-3670630/the-reporter-and-the-china-trap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spytalk-3670630","url":"https://mswmedia.com/show/spytalk/","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/bf944ea6-c065-478d-abd4-b9fe1ae06a2e/stream.mp3","summary":"Tom LoBianco answered an ad for a writer and then things went south. Tom LoBianco is a veteran national politics reporter and editor of 24sight News, the independent news site on Substack. 24sight's scoops have been featured in The New York Times, CNN, ABC News, the Reddit front page, the Columbia Journalism Review and many other outlets. Tom LoBianco https://www.24sight.news/ Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow Michael Isikoff on Twitter https://twitter.com/isikoff Follow Karen Greenberg on Twitter https://x.com/KarenGreenberg3 Follow SpyTalk on Twitter https://twitter.com/talk_spy Subscribe to SpyTalk on Substack https://www.spytalk.co/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Tom LoBianco answered an ad for a writer and then things went south. Tom LoBianco is a veteran national politics reporter and editor of 24sight News, the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2899,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spytalk-3670630/episodes/the-reporter-and-the-china-trap/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spytalk-3670630/the-reporter-and-the-china-trap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}