{"podcast":{"title":"The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge","slug":"the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022","podcast_index_feed_id":1185022,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/imTmqqal","website_url":"http://www.thepetermansbridge.ca","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5b7d8c77-15ba-4eff-a999-2e725db21db5/424c5796-cb88-4d2e-aee3-d5b22e8f8a78/3000x3000/thebridgepod-1920x1920-sxmbug.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Manscorp Media Services","episode_count":1498,"summary":"The Bridge reflects on the issues of the day, covering topics such as politics, public health, technology, and more. Find out more at https://www.thepetermansbridge.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T06:18:10.983904+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022"},"episode":{"title":"Why Is Israel Stepping Up Its Spying On The United States?","slug":"why-is-israel-stepping-up-its-spying-on-the-united-states","published_at":"2026-06-08T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022/why-is-israel-stepping-up-its-spying-on-the-united-states","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022","url":"http://www.thepetermansbridge.ca","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/sxm.simplecastaudio.com/8320b314-54be-4799-89db-a305caaaff89/episodes/718ed3c6-ab03-4e63-9329-17520acf2214/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=8320b314-54be-4799-89db-a305caaaff89&awEpisodeId=718ed3c6-ab03-4e63-9329-17520acf2214&feed=imTmqqal","summary":"Israel has always spied on the U.S., and the reverse is true as well - the U.S. spies on Israel. But there are claims that the spying has stepped up; the question is, why? Dr. Janice Stein from the Munk School at the University of Toronto joins us with her regular Monday appearance. She touches on many other issues today as well, including the Canadian drone issue.","meta_description":"Israel has always spied on the U.S., and the reverse is true as well - the U.S. spies on Israel. But there are claims that the spying has stepped up; the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2814,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022/episodes/why-is-israel-stepping-up-its-spying-on-the-united-states/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022/why-is-israel-stepping-up-its-spying-on-the-united-states.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}