{"podcast":{"title":"The Duran on Odysee","slug":"the-duran-on-odysee-5399169","podcast_index_feed_id":5399169,"rss_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/@theduran:e","website_url":"https://theduran.com","image_url":"https://thumbnails.lbry.com/UCdeMVChrumySxV9N1w0Au-w","author":"The Duran","episode_count":50,"summary":"#TheDuran DAILY NEWS: http://theduran.com *****LOCALS COMMUNITY***** https://theduran.locals.com 1 MONTH FREE TRIAL: https://theduran.locals.com/support/promo/DURANLOCALS *****THE DURAN SHOP***** http://drnshop.com 10% OFF COUPON. Use code at checkout​​​​: REALNEWS *****OUR OFFICIAL CHANNELS***** ALEXANDER: https://www.youtube.com/AlexanderMercourisReal ALEX: https://www.youtube.com/alexchristoforou *****CRYPTO SUPPORT***** BITCOIN: 3JvdnoyWMb93hSRgk58ZstUxg11PW9mKSr ETHEREUM: 0xF39BdFb41f639B82E3D2Bf022828bC6394F533A3 LTC: MGFiMC18ZViF6DcCixMqAAP11TG4tF6Acj ADA: addr1v94ayqu53uklgqnn6c4x4weu8zk4uw78km8capd5rjdc06q28j370 HEX: 0xD449694348B1D618ECa2829Bbc901782F5172689 EMC2: EXX4KK9pZLx7uiLWnCXtp7iMKjtq6o5b6R *****DONATE***** CREDIT CARD: https://donorbox.org/the-duran PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/theduran/10 SUBSCRIBE STAR: https://subscribestar.com/theduran PATREON: https://patreon.com/theduran *****VIDEO PLATFORMS***** SUPER U: https://bit.ly/3hg1B3R RUMBLE THE DURAN: https://rumble.com/c/theduran ODYSEE: THE DURAN: https://odysee.com/@theduran ALEXANDER: https://odysee.com/@AlexanderMercouris:a ALEX: https://odysee.com/@alexchristoforou:7 BITCHUTE: THE DURAN: https://www.bitchute.…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T08:19:32.116356+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-duran-on-odysee-5399169"},"episode":{"title":"US Superpower Myth Shattered w/ Trita Parsi","slug":"us-superpower-myth-shattered-w-trita-parsi","published_at":"2026-05-06T07:24:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-duran-on-odysee-5399169/us-superpower-myth-shattered-w-trita-parsi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-duran-on-odysee-5399169","url":"https://odysee.com/us-superpower-myth-shattered-w-trita:a5246f036e171c973d969bf42427aa9f1e161eab","audio_url":"https://player.odycdn.com/api/v3/streams/free/us-superpower-myth-shattered-w-trita/a5246f036e171c973d969bf42427aa9f1e161eab/ba17a8.mp4","summary":"Follow Trita Parsi: https://x.com/tparsi https://tritaparsi.substack.com/ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/author/tparsi/ https://quincyinst.org/author/trita-parsi/ Iran has achieved what almost no country has managed in the post-Cold War era, a strategic defeat of the United States military without being knocked out on the first punch. In a landmark conversation on The Duran, Alexander Mercouris and Alex Christoforou sit down with Trita Parsi to dissect exactly how America's 40-year obsession with finding a "silver bullet" against Iran has brought Washington to its weakest position in the Middle East since 1979. Parsi argues that the naval blockade of Iran sold to Trump as the final pressure tool that would force capitulation was built on dangerously flimsy analysis, and that the window for Trump to negotiate a genuine exit and spin it as a win is rapidly closing. From Iran's nuclear calculus and the prospect of a grand bargain replacing the JCPOA, to the long-term unraveling of the American security umbrella across the Gulf states, this episode maps out the tectonic shift now reshaping the global order. The question is no longer whether US primacy in the Middle East is ending it's whether Washington will recognize it in time to leave on its own terms. 00:00:00 Introduction — Trita Parsi joins The Duran for the first time 00:00:51 Where to follow Trita Parsi: Substack, Twitter, Quincy Institute 00:01:17 Setting the scene: yesterday's Hormuz events and what they mean 00:02:18 The blockade as a failed silver bullet — Parsi's key article explained 00:03:26 40 years of US "silver bullet" thinking on Iran — and why it always fails 00:04:42 Why the ceasefire was lopsided against Iran from the start 00:05:55 Iran only accepted th…","meta_description":"Follow Trita Parsi: https://x.com/tparsi https://tritaparsi.substack.com/ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/author/tparsi/ https://quincyinst.org/author/t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2507,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-duran-on-odysee-5399169/episodes/us-superpower-myth-shattered-w-trita-parsi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-duran-on-odysee-5399169/us-superpower-myth-shattered-w-trita-parsi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}