{"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":"Human Prehistory and How Societies Rise and Fall w/ Patrick Wyman / American Prestige","slug":"human-prehistory-and-how-societies-rise-and-fall-w-patrick-wyman-american-prestige","published_at":"2026-06-16T15:00:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506/human-prehistory-and-how-societies-rise-and-fall-w-patrick-wyman-american-prestige","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/episodes/e3e29363-c90a-4dbf-9c88-9e50fb982c22","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/e3e29363-c90a-4dbf-9c88-9e50fb982c22/stream.mp3","summary":"Historian Patrick Wyman returns to the show to talk about the deep history of human societies and how they can inform the current moment. They explore new ways of studying prehistory, the origins of agriculture, climate adaptation, the Clovis people, the long Neolithic, early farming societies, states and security, the Bronze Age collapse, and more. Listen to Patrick’s ⁠ Past Lives ⁠ podcast. And grab a copy of his new book ⁠ Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World ⁠ . Don’t forget the AP livestream, this Wednesday at 8pm ET on ⁠our YouTube channel⁠ . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Historian Patrick Wyman returns to the show to talk about the deep history of human societies and how they can inform the current moment. They explore new…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4097,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nation-podcasts-980506/episodes/human-prehistory-and-how-societies-rise-and-fall-w-patrick-wyman-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/human-prehistory-and-how-societies-rise-and-fall-w-patrick-wyman-american-prestige.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}