{"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":"Q&A: From Xi's PLA purges to Trump's Nato threats, your biggest questions answered","slug":"q-a-from-xi-s-pla-purges-to-trump-s-nato-threats-your-biggest-questions-answered","published_at":"2026-04-01T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/q-a-from-xi-s-pla-purges-to-trump-s-nato-threats-your-biggest-questions-answered","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304","url":"https://shows.acast.com/times-war/episodes/q","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/e/69c5054988f1e89132e77981/media.mp3","summary":"For their Easter special, Tom and Patrick turn the entire show over to you. They answer as many listener questions as possible that have landed in the General & Journalist inbox since Christmas. Among them: whether Europe could defend itself in the events of an immediate Russian incursion, and whether the Iran war has changed Xi's calculus over taking Taiwan - and many more.  Hosts: Tom Newton Dunn & General Sir Patrick Sanders Producer: Shabnam Grewal Executive producer: Fiona Leach Get in touch: generalandjournalist@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"For their Easter special, Tom and Patrick turn the entire show over to you. They answer as many listener questions as possible that have landed in the Gen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2079,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/episodes/q-a-from-xi-s-pla-purges-to-trump-s-nato-threats-your-biggest-questions-answered/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/q-a-from-xi-s-pla-purges-to-trump-s-nato-threats-your-biggest-questions-answered.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}