{"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":"Wars of Choice","slug":"wars-of-choice","published_at":"2026-05-08T15:20:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483/wars-of-choice","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/GEMINIMEDIA1873659667.mp3?updated=1778253693","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/GEMINIMEDIA1873659667.mp3?updated=1778253693","summary":"It's Friday, and we still don't understand exactly what is going on with Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, so instead we discuss unfair comparisons between this conflict and Putin's war in Ukraine, the historical context of so-called \"wars of choice,\" the strange absences from the jacket of Rachel Goldberg-Polin's book, and the Pulitzer prize awarded to photographs from a since-retracted New York Times story. Plus, Seth recommends Ulrich Boschwitz's The Passenger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"It's Friday, and we still don't understand exactly what is going on with Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, so instead we discuss unfair comparisons between t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4194,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-commentary-magazine-podcast-765483/episodes/wars-of-choice/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/wars-of-choice.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}