{"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":"Reporting in the Crosshairs: Shane Harris on Politicized Intelligence, Press Freedom, and America’s Allies","slug":"reporting-in-the-crosshairs-shane-harris-on-politicized-intelligence-press-freedom-and-america-s-allies","published_at":"2026-03-10T04:11:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-steady-state-sentinel-7636983/reporting-in-the-crosshairs-shane-harris-on-politicized-intelligence-press-freedom-and-america-s-allies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-steady-state-sentinel-7636983","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-steady-state-sentinel/2613238","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/362808/2613238/the-steady-state-sentinel/2026_03_09_17_39_35_956df3cc-5164-449a-84b6-d4b72da07ea0.mp3","summary":"Inside the risks of reporting on intelligence in an era of political pressure and weakening institutional guardrails John Sipher sits down with The Atlantic’s Shane Harris for a wide-ranging conversation on intelligence reporting, the unraveling of trust in American institutions, threats to press freedom, and what U.S. allies now fear most about Washington. Harris also reflects on one of the most extraordinary source relationships of his career and what it reveals about journalism, secrecy, and risk. Shane Harris is a staff writer at The Atlantic covering national security and intelligence. He has written about intelligence, security, and foreign policy for more than two decades, including as a staff writer for The Washington Post, where he was part of the team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. In 2023, he co-reported the documentary The Discord Leaks with PBS Frontline, which was nominated for an Emmy for outstanding investigative news coverage. He is the author of two books, The Watchers and @War. Full episode summary.","meta_description":"Inside the risks of reporting on intelligence in an era of political pressure and weakening institutional guardrails John Sipher sits down with The Atlant…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2346,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-steady-state-sentinel-7636983/episodes/reporting-in-the-crosshairs-shane-harris-on-politicized-intelligence-press-freedom-and-america-s-allies/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/reporting-in-the-crosshairs-shane-harris-on-politicized-intelligence-press-freedom-and-america-s-allies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}