{"podcast":{"title":"The Un-Diplomatic Podcast","slug":"the-un-diplomatic-podcast-1187535","podcast_index_feed_id":1187535,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/2cd8WWLc","website_url":"https://www.undiplomaticpodcast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d980016a-09a3-4544-a26a-b4f94e2fd242/e0895f71-d609-49d2-b568-57ef0fe31b78/3000x3000/square-20podcast-20cover.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Van Jackson","episode_count":308,"summary":"Global power to the people. A show about the class politics of geopolitics. Hosted by Van Jackson, Julia Gledhill, and Matt Duss. The views expressed are theirs alone (not those of any institution or employer).","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T20:18:12.737967+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-un-diplomatic-podcast-1187535"},"episode":{"title":"Anti-Tech Extremism, or Populism? | China-Data Center Conspiracy Theory | New Zealand’s Military Trap | Bernie’s A.I. Proposal | Hegseth’s Shangri-La Primacy Fantasy | Ep. 305","slug":"anti-tech-extremism-or-populism-china-data-center-conspiracy-theory-new-zealand-s-military-trap-bernie-s-a-i-proposal-hegseth-s-shangri-la-primacy-fantasy-ep-305","published_at":"2026-06-05T03:50:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-un-diplomatic-podcast-1187535/anti-tech-extremism-or-populism-china-data-center-conspiracy-theory-new-zealand-s-military-trap-bernie-s-a-i-proposal-hegseth-s-shangri-la-primacy-fantasy-ep-305","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-un-diplomatic-podcast-1187535","url":"https://www.undiplomaticpodcast.com/episodes/305-F0J6g5_M","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/63f81d6c-6862-4381-9e07-c9c8d20de907/284f418a-58c6-41f7-92b9-408565487369/episodes/audio/group/3ec2a727-6765-47ee-9477-74b87d0111cc/group-item/fa4935a9-c980-4ced-acc9-63105021aa8b/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=2cd8WWLc","summary":"The government is now going after regular people who oppose data centers and are calling it \"anti-tech extremist violence.” Congress's anti-China data center conspiracy theory is a very real farce. Bernie Sanders is in the New York Times with a new proposal to seize the means of A.I. production, sort of. New Zealand is allowing itself to follow into a militarist trap of its own making--what's at stake in the debate about New Zealand military spending and its anti-nuclear stance. Pete Hegseth's speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue confirms one thing: The US is still pursuing global primacy, only under conditions where it's neither possible nor justified, and that means violence. What makes opposition to A.I. data centers a strategically useful site for both people-power struggle and state repression. And the U.S. has illegally killed more than 200 people in over 60 strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific--that's what the Monroe Doctrine looks like.","meta_description":"The government is now going after regular people who oppose data centers and are calling it \"anti-tech extremist violence.” Congress's anti-China data cen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2724,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-un-diplomatic-podcast-1187535/episodes/anti-tech-extremism-or-populism-china-data-center-conspiracy-theory-new-zealand-s-military-trap-bernie-s-a-i-proposal-hegseth-s-shangri-la-primacy-fantasy-ep-305/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-un-diplomatic-podcast-1187535/anti-tech-extremism-or-populism-china-data-center-conspiracy-theory-new-zealand-s-military-trap-bernie-s-a-i-proposal-hegseth-s-shangri-la-primacy-fantasy-ep-305.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}