{"podcast":{"title":"The Commentary Magazine Podcast","slug":"the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483","podcast_index_feed_id":765483,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA2783214431","website_url":"https://www.commentary.org/podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/1fccde54-6a35-11ef-93fe-d795ffc11fb1/image/1236713835397c216adb04c743d12583.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Commentary Magazine","episode_count":1459,"summary":"Commentary is America's premier monthly magazine of opinion: General, yet Jewish. Highly variegated, with a unifying perspective.Listen to The Commentary Magazine Podcast, along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at Ricochet.com. No paid subscription required.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:17:45.281481+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483"},"episode":{"title":"Iran Impasse","slug":"iran-impasse","published_at":"2026-05-07T14:52:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483/iran-impasse","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/mgln.ai/e/796/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA4222553807.mp3?updated=1778165647","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/mgln.ai/e/796/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA4222553807.mp3?updated=1778165647","summary":"FDD's Jonathan Schanzer joins us today to try and make sense of the latest developments in the Iran war and the implications to the larger global balance of power in advance of Trump's summit with Xi Jinping, and how all this impacts Israel's efforts in the region. Plus, the disturbing trend of insider trading on betting markets, and John recommends Nicholas Lemann's Returning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"FDD's Jonathan Schanzer joins us today to try and make sense of the latest developments in the Iran war and the implications to the larger global balance…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4070,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483/episodes/iran-impasse/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483/iran-impasse.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}