{"podcast":{"title":"The Steady State Sentinel","slug":"the-steady-state-sentinel-7636983","podcast_index_feed_id":7636983,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-steady-state-sentinel/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thesteadystate.org/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-steady-state-sentinel/20260104_040107_01c26922c58f7914214377cb41ca643e.png","author":"The Steady State","episode_count":34,"summary":"The Steady State Sentinel is produced by The Steady State , a community of former national security professionals who spent their careers safeguarding the United States at home and abroad. Today, we continue that mission by staying true to our oaths to defend the Constitution, uphold democracy, and protect national security. Each episode features expert hosts in conversation with accomplished guests whose experience sheds light on the crises and challenges facing the nation. New episodes every Tuesday and subscribe on YouTube for the video editon.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T14:17:04.443410+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-steady-state-sentinel-7636983"},"episode":{"title":"America’s “Strategic Self-Immolation”","slug":"america-s-strategic-self-immolation","published_at":"2026-02-20T05:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-steady-state-sentinel-7636983/america-s-strategic-self-immolation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-steady-state-sentinel-7636983","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-steady-state-sentinel/2561036","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/362808/2561036/the-steady-state-sentinel/2026_02_19_17_04_09_60b78f48-0a7f-4cc4-b6c9-285d3816514b.mp3","summary":"National Security reporter and author Tim Weiner and host Jim Lawler discuss how the Trump Administration’s politicization of our national security institutions, attacks on our constitution and rule of law, and betrayal of our allies are putting us in danger of losing our civil liberties at home and increasing our national security threats abroad.","meta_description":"National Security reporter and author Tim Weiner and host Jim Lawler discuss how the Trump Administration’s politicization of our national security instit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1932,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-steady-state-sentinel-7636983/episodes/america-s-strategic-self-immolation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-steady-state-sentinel-7636983/america-s-strategic-self-immolation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}