{"podcast":{"title":"The Playbook Podcast","slug":"the-playbook-podcast-53549","podcast_index_feed_id":53549,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ASD6963560714","website_url":"https://www.politico.com/podcasts/the-playbook-podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/463771de-6478-11ef-a7d1-9f4dcaf602ec/image/271e518c48a6b99484ce39f62fe30d73.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"POLITICO","episode_count":2330,"summary":"POLITICO’s Dasha Burns bring her fresh insight, analysis and reporting to the stories driving the day in the nation’s capital. She will be joined by her fellow co-authors and journalists from across POLITICO — available, as always, in audio and video formats each morning.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T08:19:08.030816+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549"},"episode":{"title":"Amid tensions, NATO chief heads to DC","slug":"amid-tensions-nato-chief-heads-to-dc","published_at":"2026-06-22T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549/amid-tensions-nato-chief-heads-to-dc","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL3450088081.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL3450088081.mp3","summary":"NATO&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Mark Rutte heads to Washington to meet with President Trump&nbsp;as&nbsp;tensions&nbsp;simmer&nbsp;over&nbsp;defense spending.&nbsp;Meanwhile, Iran negotiations had a&nbsp;shaky&nbsp;start on Sunday&nbsp;after&nbsp;Israeli strikes on Lebanon and Trump’s continued threats&nbsp;against Tehran.&nbsp;And&nbsp;the White House is weighing the future of AI regulation as talks with Anthropic continue over safeguards for this rapidly advancing technology.&nbsp; Follow POLITICO here:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ➤ X:&nbsp;https://x.com/politico/&nbsp; ➤ Instagram:&nbsp;&nbsp;/ politico&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ➤ Facebook:&nbsp;&nbsp;/ politico&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For more news and analysis, subscribe to the Playbook newsletter:&nbsp;politico.com/playbook&nbsp;","meta_description":"NATO Chief Mark Rutte heads to Washington to meet with President Trump as tensions simmer over defense spending. M…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":939,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-playbook-podcast-53549/episodes/amid-tensions-nato-chief-heads-to-dc/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549/amid-tensions-nato-chief-heads-to-dc.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}