{"podcast":{"title":"The Long Game with Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer","slug":"the-long-game-with-jake-sullivan-and-jon-finer-7566719","podcast_index_feed_id":7566719,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VMP3740058044","website_url":"http://vmpod.co/longgame","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/fb06dd1e-b442-11f0-b58c-bb86392870b8/image/04c81ad068f79bb2b9469a501c3c63bb.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Vox Media Podcast Network","episode_count":33,"summary":"The Long Game is a weekly national security podcast hosted by Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s National Security Advisor, and Jon Finer, his Principal Deputy—senior aides who sat in on the classified Presidential Daily Brief each morning and translated raw intelligence into policy advice. Each week, Jake and Jon will pull back the curtain on how power really works helping you make sense of the national security stories unfolding today. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T18:18:37.215816+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-long-game-with-jake-sullivan-and-jon-finer-7566719"},"episode":{"title":"Rage in Tehran, Lasers in Texas","slug":"rage-in-tehran-lasers-in-texas","published_at":"2026-02-13T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-long-game-with-jake-sullivan-and-jon-finer-7566719/rage-in-tehran-lasers-in-texas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-long-game-with-jake-sullivan-and-jon-finer-7566719","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8134047786.mp3?updated=1770942627","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8134047786.mp3?updated=1770942627","summary":"Iran at a breaking point—and a bizarre airspace shutdown in Texas. As diplomacy and the threat of military action converge around Tehran, Jake and Jon are joined by journalist Yeganeh Torbati for a ground-level look at the widening gulf between the Iranian people and the regime. Together they: Examine internal unrest and what it means for the regime’s durability. Assess whether Tehran is seeking a deal—or buying time. Explore how a younger, more hardline generation inside the Revolutionary Guard could shape escalation. Then, from Tehran to Texas, Jake and Jon unpack the FAA’s brief closure of airspace over El Paso—tracing it to a Pentagon laser test, a suspected cartel drone, and a revealing case of bureaucratic dysfunction. Follow The Long Game so you never miss an episode. New episodes drop on Fridays. Watch the video of this episode on Youtube. Show notes of the episode are available here. Transcript here, coming soon. The Long Game book recommendations here. Join us on Substack Email Jake and Jon with your thoughts and questions at longgame@voxmedia.com. Or leave a comment below. The Long Game is produced by the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Iran at a breaking point—and a bizarre airspace shutdown in Texas. As diplomacy and the threat of military action converge around Tehran, Jake and Jon are…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3954,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-long-game-with-jake-sullivan-and-jon-finer-7566719/episodes/rage-in-tehran-lasers-in-texas/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-long-game-with-jake-sullivan-and-jon-finer-7566719/rage-in-tehran-lasers-in-texas.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}