{"podcast":{"title":"The Middle Ground Mic","slug":"the-middle-ground-mic-7275421","podcast_index_feed_id":7275421,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2465711.rss","website_url":"https://www.themiddlegroundmic.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/v0gdqdpcxh9tn3cl6vi57t68ixkq?.jpg","author":"Joe","episode_count":210,"summary":"Tired of partisan bullshit tearing America apart while politicians hide behind excuses and sacred cows get endless protection? Step into The MiddleGround Mic, the no-compromise centrist politics podcast that refuses to play nice with extremes. No Left. No Right. Forward. Hosted by Joseph Steagall, we deliver militant centrism at full throttle — ripping apart hypocrisy from every angle, calling out the nonsense on both sides, and hammering pragmatic, zero-BS fixes for the real fights: elections, foreign policy disasters, border security failures, economic meltdown, and community breakdowns in this fractured mess of a country. Regularly hitting the top 30 in U.S. News Commentary with over 750,000 downloads and rising fast, we bring raw, bipartisan truth from thought leaders, journalists, policymakers, and actual people — not scripted talking heads. This is the honesty, clarity, and politics without tribal loyalty that the mainstream media won’t touch. Being MiddleGround or centrist isn’t weakness or fence-sitting — it’s being a straight-up warrior against the insanity of echo chambers, armed with facts and the spine to say what everyone else is too scared to. If you’re independent,…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421"},"episode":{"title":"If Iran’s Regime Collapses, Who Takes Power? | Inside Iran’s Resistance Movement","slug":"if-iran-s-regime-collapses-who-takes-power-inside-iran-s-resistance-movement","published_at":"2026-03-16T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421/if-iran-s-regime-collapses-who-takes-power-inside-iran-s-resistance-movement","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421","url":"https://buymeacoffee.com/Tmgm/if-iran-regime-collapses-who-takes-power-next","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/2465711/episodes/18851708-if-iran-s-regime-collapses-who-takes-power-inside-iran-s-resistance-movement.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail Iran may be entering one of the most unstable political periods in decades. If the regime in Tehran collapses, who would actually replace it? Dunkin' Original Blend Medium Roast Ground Coffee, 30 Ounce https://amzn.to/3Nk1uqI In this episode of The MiddleGround Mic, Joseph Steagall speaks with Iranian resistance advocate Zolal Habibi about the growing protest movement inside Iran and the competing visions for the country’s future. The discussion explores Iran’s resistance mov...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail Iran may be entering one of the most unstable political periods in decades. If the regime in Tehran collapses, who would actually replace…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3273,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421/episodes/if-iran-s-regime-collapses-who-takes-power-inside-iran-s-resistance-movement/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421/if-iran-s-regime-collapses-who-takes-power-inside-iran-s-resistance-movement.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}