{"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":"Trump v Iran: what MAGA and the military are saying","slug":"trump-v-iran-what-maga-and-the-military-are-saying","published_at":"2026-02-01T12:29:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/trump-v-iran-what-maga-and-the-military-are-saying","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304","url":"https://shows.acast.com/times-war/episodes/trump-v-iran-what-maga-and-the-military-are-saying","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/e/697f43fadb08d05cf6bebabc/media.mp3","summary":"Our colleagues at The Times this week launched an American edition of their superb UK politics pod, The State of It . We thought you might want to hear the fabulous first episode. Welcome to the first ever episode of  The State of It: USA . An attack on Iran looks imminent: we reveal what senior military and political figures are saying about it. Also, is Donald Trump taking a softer line on immigration after the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis? And get ready for  Melania , the movie. Katy Balls, Washington editor and columnist at The Times and The Sunday Times Gerard Baker, columnist at The Times and editor at large at The Wall Street Journal Producer: Euan Dawtrey Executive producer: Molly Guinness Email us:  thestateofit@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Our colleagues at The Times this week launched an American edition of their superb UK politics pod, The State of It . We thought you might want to hear th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1770,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/episodes/trump-v-iran-what-maga-and-the-military-are-saying/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/trump-v-iran-what-maga-and-the-military-are-saying.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}