{"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":"Iran War Conspiracy | A.I. Nuclear Escalation Threat | Joint Staff Purge | Palantir Democrats | Ep. 288","slug":"iran-war-conspiracy-a-i-nuclear-escalation-threat-joint-staff-purge-palantir-democrats-ep-288","published_at":"2026-02-27T05:49:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-un-diplomatic-podcast-1187535/iran-war-conspiracy-a-i-nuclear-escalation-threat-joint-staff-purge-palantir-democrats-ep-288","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-un-diplomatic-podcast-1187535","url":"https://www.undiplomaticpodcast.com/episodes/288-F5Lplpqu","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/63f81d6c-6862-4381-9e07-c9c8d20de907/284f418a-58c6-41f7-92b9-408565487369/episodes/audio/group/61616f4f-48fc-4837-9346-613365690220/group-item/1985572c-9446-4f1e-81c0-449afc318d26/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=2cd8WWLc","summary":"As the Trump administration prepares for war with Iran, why does it suddenly care about manufacturing consent? Inside the US military's munitions shortfall and what it says about capitalism, oligarchy, and the US relationship with war. War games with artificial intelligence say chatbots choose escalation to nuclear war 95% of the time. What's at stake in Anthropic's fight with the Pentagon, and why it's not as it seems. The Democratic Party--and American democracy--has a Palantir problem. Also this episode: why two senior officers have been purged from the Joint Staff. Dr. Van Jackson breaks all that down and more.","meta_description":"As the Trump administration prepares for war with Iran, why does it suddenly care about manufacturing consent? Inside the US military's munitions shortfal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2240,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-un-diplomatic-podcast-1187535/episodes/iran-war-conspiracy-a-i-nuclear-escalation-threat-joint-staff-purge-palantir-democrats-ep-288/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/iran-war-conspiracy-a-i-nuclear-escalation-threat-joint-staff-purge-palantir-democrats-ep-288.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}