{"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":"The End of American Global Power? W/ Anusar Farooqui | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer","slug":"the-end-of-american-global-power-w-anusar-farooqui-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer","published_at":"2026-04-26T11:00:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506/the-end-of-american-global-power-w-anusar-farooqui-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/episodes/cb9b7575-e804-4baa-886e-f0f0b0ac04d7","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/cb9b7575-e804-4baa-886e-f0f0b0ac04d7/stream.mp3","summary":"The conflict in the Middle East is currently in an intermittent holding action with an extended ceasefire but no diplomatic breakthrough. To assess where things are going, I sat down with the foreign policy analyst Anusar Farooqui, who runs an excellent substack called Policy Tensor and posts on Twitter here . We discussed the resiliency and growing stature of Iran, as well as the signs that unipolar US hegemony is coming to an end, to be replaced by a multipolar world. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"The conflict in the Middle East is currently in an intermittent holding action with an extended ceasefire but no diplomatic breakthrough. To assess where…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2431,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nation-podcasts-980506/episodes/the-end-of-american-global-power-w-anusar-farooqui-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer/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/the-end-of-american-global-power-w-anusar-farooqui-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}