{"podcast":{"title":"TFB Behind the Gun Podcast","slug":"tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359","podcast_index_feed_id":695359,"rss_url":"https://thefirearmblog.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.thefirearmblog.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/2/2/a/622a5c42a6982ad6/TFB_PodcastTFB_POD_1400X1400.jpg","author":"Carbon Media","episode_count":99,"summary":"The Behind The Gun podcast from The Firearm Blog is a recurring series of conversations with influential individuals within the firearms community. TFB Editor In Chief Pete Interviews industry leaders about their successes, failures and glimpses into the future of firearms and equipment development. The Behind The Gun podcast series is politically non-partisan and is a free-flow of information regarding a wide range of topics including self defense, sport shooting, firearms technology and more. Visit www.TheFirearmBlog.com and www.TFB.TV for additional quality content updated daily.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:18:57.189979+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359"},"episode":{"title":"TFB Behind the Gun #222: From Balkans to Babylon w/ TFB's Vladimir O.","slug":"tfb-behind-the-gun-222-from-balkans-to-babylon-w-tfb-s-vladimir-o","published_at":"2026-06-18T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359/tfb-behind-the-gun-222-from-balkans-to-babylon-w-tfb-s-vladimir-o","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359","url":"https://thefirearmblog.libsyn.com/tfb-behind-the-gun-222-from-balkans-to-babylon-w-tfbs-vladimir-o","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thefirearmblog/TFB_Behind_the_Gun_222_-_From_Balkans_to_Babylon_w_Vladimir_O.mp3?dest-id=1849091","summary":"Vladimir Onokoy returns to Behind the Gun to discuss his new book From Balkans to Babylon: Zastava AKs of Yugoslavia, Serbia, and Iraq — and more importantly, the personal story behind writing it. From his extensive field experience to the inspirations that drove him to document this rich Kalashnikov lineage, Vlad encourages others to act on their own instincts to share hard-won knowledge like he intends to do in his new book coming out soon. Vladimir Onokoy on The Firearm Blog: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/author/vladmir-o/ Safar Publishing (pre-order the book): https://www.safar-publishing.com/product-page/from-balkans-to-babylon-zastava-aks-of-yugoslavia-serbia-and-iraq Vladimir Onokoy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/machaksilver Vladimir Onokoy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vladonokoy/ Contact Vladimir: vonokoybooks@proton.me","meta_description":"Vladimir Onokoy returns to Behind the Gun to discuss his new book From Balkans to Babylon: Zastava AKs of Yugoslavia, Serbia, and Iraq — and more importan…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2405,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359/episodes/tfb-behind-the-gun-222-from-balkans-to-babylon-w-tfb-s-vladimir-o/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359/tfb-behind-the-gun-222-from-balkans-to-babylon-w-tfb-s-vladimir-o.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}