{"podcast":{"title":"The DSR Network","slug":"the-dsr-network-747607","podcast_index_feed_id":747607,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TRGM9230955824","website_url":"http://thedsrnetwork.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/350d7b1c-01f4-11ed-9cb1-830a0570a1cf/image/891c889dcd5e760d022193054bdf4b81.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Chris Cotnoir","episode_count":3298,"summary":"The official home of Deep State Radio, Need to Know, Words Matter, The DSR Daily, The Daily Blast, Siliconsciousness, and more. If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider becoming a member by visiting https://dsrnetwork.substack.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T06:20:58.177115+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dsr-network-747607"},"episode":{"title":"We are Swimming in a Sea of Imbecility","slug":"we-are-swimming-in-a-sea-of-imbecility","published_at":"2026-07-22T18:20:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dsr-network-747607/we-are-swimming-in-a-sea-of-imbecility","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dsr-network-747607","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TRGM9518305187.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TRGM9518305187.mp3","summary":"As we fall, others rise. Global trust in the United States has fallen significantly while China’s geopolitical standing is rising. We’re not just stuck in a quagmire war with Iran - we’re in the middle of a fundamental identity crisis. Are we the superpower we believe we are or is our stupidity in Iran showing us that conflict has evolved past us? Has Pete Hegseth cracked the code with testosterone testing? Max Boot of the Council on Foreign Relations joins Ed Luce and David Rothkopf to discuss America’s place in a shifting global landscape. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"As we fall, others rise. Global trust in the United States has fallen significantly while China’s geopolitical standing is rising. We’re not just stuck in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2604,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dsr-network-747607/episodes/we-are-swimming-in-a-sea-of-imbecility/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dsr-network-747607/we-are-swimming-in-a-sea-of-imbecility.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}