{"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":"Why America needs NATO - US's Supreme Allied Commander","slug":"why-america-needs-nato-us-s-supreme-allied-commander","published_at":"2026-04-29T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/why-america-needs-nato-us-s-supreme-allied-commander","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304","url":"https://shows.acast.com/times-war/episodes/cavoli","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/e/69f21135c5dd1a1717e22394/media.mp3","summary":"General Christopher Cavoli was NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) until July 2025. He was responsible for the defence and security of 981 million people across 32 countries. Ooph. While on a flying visit to London, he dropped into the General and the Journalist studio to see his old friend Patrick and get grilled by Tom on the UK's parlous defence expenditure. But, mostly, he was here to talk about NATO and why, as a proud and patriotic American, he sees the Alliance as critical to America's own defence and security. Hosts: General Sir Patrick Sanders and Tom Newton Dunn Guest: General Christopher Cavoli Producer: Shabnam Grewal Executive producer: Fiona Leach Image: Getty Clips: Fox news Get in touch: generalandjournalist@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"General Christopher Cavoli was NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) until July 2025. He was responsible for the defence and security of 981 mil…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2391,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/episodes/why-america-needs-nato-us-s-supreme-allied-commander/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/why-america-needs-nato-us-s-supreme-allied-commander.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}