{"podcast":{"title":"The General & The Journalist","slug":"the-general-the-journalist-7337304","podcast_index_feed_id":7337304,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/times-war","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/times-war","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1747297413915-59510958-55c7-4186-868e-81aaa6763a72.jpeg","author":"The Times","episode_count":62,"summary":"How wars start, how they are won and what they leave behind them. General Sir Patrick Sanders and Tom Newton Dunn first met in a war zone. Drawing on their real-life experience of armed conflict, they bring you the latest from Ukraine, Gaza and the dozens of other bitter struggles being fought across our increasingly divided planet. From interviews with key people on the frontlines of modern warfare to discussing the future of nuclear weapons and where Russia will attack next, this podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times also faces up to the biggest question - how ready are we for war, right now, if we had to fight one? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T02:20:28.401937+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304"},"episode":{"title":"A rescue mission behind enemy lines, f-bomb tweets and 'a whole civilisation will die'","slug":"a-rescue-mission-behind-enemy-lines-f-bomb-tweets-and-a-whole-civilisation-will-die","published_at":"2026-04-08T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/a-rescue-mission-behind-enemy-lines-f-bomb-tweets-and-a-whole-civilisation-will-die","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304","url":"https://shows.acast.com/times-war/episodes/iran-rescue","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/e/69d6651a47ecb945c2346a6d/media.mp3","summary":"Having first demanded that Iran 'open the fucking strait', President Trump followed up with a post vowing 'an entire civilisation will die tonight' if it did not do so.  But could any such order ever be legal, and would the American military even agree to carry it out? Patrick and Tom chew over these and other questions, including whether it's time for America's long-standing allies to bail on it, if bombing a country into submission ever works, and what the sacking of the head of the US army tells us about the state of the country's military and, perhaps, its constitution.  But first up, in a week which saw possibly the finest rescue mission ever carried out, John Nichols recalls his experience in the first Gulf War of being shot down over enemy territory, attempting to evade capture, and waiting for the infantry to arrive.  Hosts: General Sir Patrick Sanders and Tom Newton Dunn Guest: John Nichol Producer: Micaela Arneson Executive producer: Fiona Leach Image: Getty Get in touch: generalandjournalist@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Having first demanded that Iran 'open the fucking strait', President Trump followed up with a post vowing 'an entire civilisation will die tonight' if it…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2141,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/episodes/a-rescue-mission-behind-enemy-lines-f-bomb-tweets-and-a-whole-civilisation-will-die/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/a-rescue-mission-behind-enemy-lines-f-bomb-tweets-and-a-whole-civilisation-will-die.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}