{"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":"Fear and loathing in Moscow - ⁠Putin, Iran and a coup?","slug":"fear-and-loathing-in-moscow-putin-iran-and-a-coup","published_at":"2026-03-26T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/fear-and-loathing-in-moscow-putin-iran-and-a-coup","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304","url":"https://shows.acast.com/times-war/episodes/galeotti","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/e/69c3b8d4a3dddd45e96dbe75/media.mp3","summary":"The Kremlin's treasury runneth-over with oil revenues, Moscow's military is being treated to a lesson in the latest US warfare in real time , and the world's eyes are averted from Ukraine.  Trump's war with Iran has been a boon for President Putin. And yet rumours of paranoia, deserting elites, and strange defections abound.  To decipher what exactly is going on in Moscow, Patrick and Tom are joined by Russia-watcher extraordinaire, Mark Galeotti.  Hosts: General Sir Patrick Sanders and Tom Newton Dunn Guest: Mark Galeotti Producer: Shabnam Grewal Executive producer: Fiona Leach Image: Getty Listen here to Mark's podcast, In Moscow's Shadows Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The Kremlin's treasury runneth-over with oil revenues, Moscow's military is being treated to a lesson in the latest US warfare in real time , and the worl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1778,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/episodes/fear-and-loathing-in-moscow-putin-iran-and-a-coup/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/fear-and-loathing-in-moscow-putin-iran-and-a-coup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}