{"podcast":{"title":"The Stephen Mansfield Podcast","slug":"the-stephen-mansfield-podcast-478418","podcast_index_feed_id":478418,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/the-stephen-mansfield-podcast","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/the-stephen-mansfield-podcast","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/68/71/77/3b/6871773b-4e3e-48f2-a306-fe6f2af7d0cd/448946bf3cc5fb0f204945a0db3ab4dd771fcb0536c97d761e0c0be9ddee4c7563bdf0a04a4133ad12ea02fc4dfa2e8840c937cdc055ff8b1c2d198e18e9b9c3.jpeg","author":"The Stephen Mansfield Podcast","episode_count":612,"summary":"New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield (The Faith of George W. Bush, The Search for God and Guinness, Lincoln's Battle With God, Mansfield's Book of Manly Men, The Miracle of the Kurds) talks about today's cultural upheavals, trends and ironies, all while providing a fascinating look behind the scenes of his writing and travels.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T14:20:47.696599+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stephen-mansfield-podcast-478418"},"episode":{"title":"Thoughts on Iran","slug":"thoughts-on-iran","published_at":"2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stephen-mansfield-podcast-478418/thoughts-on-iran","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stephen-mansfield-podcast-478418","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/6163c4e5-5ae9-4bfa-863f-e40233f8be58.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/6163c4e5-5ae9-4bfa-863f-e40233f8be58.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Since 1979, Iran has been under the control of a Shiite extremist Muslim government. As of February 28th, that regime is under direct attack due to targeted efforts by the United States and surrounding regions. What began as uprisings from Iran's young people is now a historical tipping point for both Iran and our own nation. Listen in to hear Stephen's thoughts about the disconnect between the president and Congress, the aftereffects of the initial attack, and what we can expect moving forward. LEARN MORE: Website:  https://stephenmansfield.tv/ Instagram:  https://instagram.com/mansfieldwrites/ X:  https://twitter.com/MansfieldWrites","meta_description":"Since 1979, Iran has been under the control of a Shiite extremist Muslim government. As of February 28th, that regime is under direct attack due to target…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1255,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-stephen-mansfield-podcast-478418/episodes/thoughts-on-iran/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stephen-mansfield-podcast-478418/thoughts-on-iran.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}