{"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":"Trump's Iran trap","slug":"trump-s-iran-trap","published_at":"2026-07-22T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549/trump-s-iran-trap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2522663726.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2522663726.mp3","summary":"Anxiety over the war in Iran ripples across Trump’s orbit as some GOP operatives warn that the White House is caught in an “escalation trap” ahead of the midterms. Meanwhile, MAGA Inc., the megadonor-funded super PAC, sits on a $400 million war chest. But when will Republican candidates get access to this bounty? And on Capitol Hill, Trump is seeing some victories as Congressional allies prioritize war funding and the SAVE America Act, but key hurdles lie ahead.  For more news and analysis, subscribe to the Playbook newsletter: politico.com/playbook ","meta_description":"Anxiety over the war in Iran ripples across Trump’s orbit as some GOP operatives warn that the White House is caught in an “escal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":934,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-playbook-podcast-53549/episodes/trump-s-iran-trap/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/trump-s-iran-trap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}