{"podcast":{"title":"The Good Fight","slug":"the-good-fight-1434426","podcast_index_feed_id":1434426,"rss_url":"https://feeds.ivoox.com/feed_fg_f1384178_filtro_1.xml","website_url":"https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-the-good-fight_sq_f1384178_1.html","image_url":"https://static-1.ivoox.com/canales/6/1/4/4/6161566344416_XXL.jpg","author":"New America","episode_count":150,"summary":"\"The Good Fight,\" the podcast that searches for the ideas, policies and strategies that can beat authoritarian populism.Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight.If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone.Email: goodfightpod@gmail.comTwitter: @Yascha_MounkWebsite: http://www.persuasion.community","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T10:18:15.631614+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-fight-1434426"},"episode":{"title":"Ivan Krastev on Why Even Dictators Can’t Escape Democracy","slug":"ivan-krastev-on-why-even-dictators-can-t-escape-democracy","published_at":"2026-04-14T12:40:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-fight-1434426/ivan-krastev-on-why-even-dictators-can-t-escape-democracy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-fight-1434426","url":"https://www.ivoox.com/ivan-krastev-on-why-even-dictators-can-t-escape-audios-mp3_rf_171853439_1.html","audio_url":"https://www.ivoox.com/ivan-krastev-on-why-even-dictators-can-t-escape_mf_171853439_feed_1.mp3","summary":"Yascha Mounk and Ivan Krastev also discuss the war in Iran—and what it means for Trump’s future. Ivan Krastev is the chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies, and Albert Hirschman Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, IWM Vienna. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ivan Krastev discuss how Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule in Hungary came to an end, why democratic institutions proved more resilient than many expected, and what lessons this holds for understanding the limits of competitive authoritarianism. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: leonora.barclay@persuasion.community Podcast production by Mickey Freeland and Leonora Barclay. Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google X: @Yascha_Mounk & @JoinPersuasion YouTube: Yascha Mounk, Persuasion LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Yascha Mounk and Ivan Krastev also discuss the war in Iran—and what it means for Trump’s future. Ivan Krastev is the chairman of the Centre fo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3401,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-good-fight-1434426/episodes/ivan-krastev-on-why-even-dictators-can-t-escape-democracy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-fight-1434426/ivan-krastev-on-why-even-dictators-can-t-escape-democracy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}