{"podcast":{"title":"The Libertarian","slug":"the-libertarian-172554","podcast_index_feed_id":172554,"rss_url":"https://HooverInstitution.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-liberty--6680461","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/36cb2b2be993f299d31f625853e36477.jpg","author":"The Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin","episode_count":24,"summary":"The inimitable Richard Epstein offers his unique perspective on national developments in public policy and the law. The Libertarian is a podcast of the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T04:19:15.220835+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-libertarian-172554"},"episode":{"title":"Who Decides When America Goes to War?","slug":"who-decides-when-america-goes-to-war","published_at":"2025-12-19T13:15:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-libertarian-172554/who-decides-when-america-goes-to-war","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-libertarian-172554","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-decides-when-america-goes-to-war--69126408","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69126408/libertarian_podcast_12_18_25.mp3","summary":"Who actually decides when the United States goes to war—Congress or the president? Richard Epstein traces the Constitution’s original division of war powers from 1789 to the present and explain how practice, politics, and modern warfare have steadily shifted authority toward the presidency. Along the way, they explore declarations of war that never happen, authorizations that never expire, emergency actions that become routine, and why Congress so often prefers not to decide at all. Professor Epstein argues that America now operates under two constitutions—the one we wrote and the one we live with.","meta_description":"Who actually decides when the United States goes to war—Congress or the president? Richard Epstein traces the Constitution’s original division of war powe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1629,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-libertarian-172554/episodes/who-decides-when-america-goes-to-war/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-libertarian-172554/who-decides-when-america-goes-to-war.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}