{"podcast":{"title":"The Nation Podcasts","slug":"the-nation-podcasts-980506","podcast_index_feed_id":980506,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/start-making-sense","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2024/1/22/16/305287dd-3c1e-4d50-8ef8-939b191115b7__ac35afe0-783b-4422-a72e-e6c64f20fcc0_38137755.jpg","author":"The Nation Magazine","episode_count":1195,"summary":"Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the week in news. Hosted by Jon Wiener and presented by The Nation Magazine.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:17:20.644204+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506"},"episode":{"title":"Cold War Liberal Empire w/ Daniel Bessner and Michael Brenes I American Prestige","slug":"cold-war-liberal-empire-w-daniel-bessner-and-michael-brenes-i-american-prestige","published_at":"2026-04-28T14:00:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506/cold-war-liberal-empire-w-daniel-bessner-and-michael-brenes-i-american-prestige","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/episodes/e1cebd5b-bc7c-41d1-91f7-34340f275273","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/e1cebd5b-bc7c-41d1-91f7-34340f275273/stream.mp3","summary":"Derek speaks with Danny and Mike Brenes about Cold War liberalism, its shaping of the American empire, and more from their new co-edited volume . They discuss the meaning of “Cold War liberalism,” the book’s essays, the relationship between liberalism and mass democracy, emergency politics, the continuity between New Deal liberalism and Cold War liberalism, military Keynesianism, US empire, neoconservatism, Joe Biden, and the persistence of Cold War liberal ideas in long after the end of the Cold War itself. Buy the volume Cold War Liberalism: Power in a Time of Emergency and use discount code BESSNER26 Don’t forget to download our Marx Prestige miniseries. Final episode out today! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Derek speaks with Danny and Mike Brenes about Cold War liberalism, its shaping of the American empire, and more from their new co-edited volume . They dis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3463,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nation-podcasts-980506/episodes/cold-war-liberal-empire-w-daniel-bessner-and-michael-brenes-i-american-prestige/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506/cold-war-liberal-empire-w-daniel-bessner-and-michael-brenes-i-american-prestige.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}