{"podcast":{"title":"The Winston Marshall Show","slug":"the-winston-marshall-show-6768213","podcast_index_feed_id":6768213,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/111987828/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45801722/73f0580dba44393c.jpg","author":"Winston Marshall","episode_count":211,"summary":"The Winston Marshall Show is a long-form interview podcast exploring politics, culture, history, philosophy, free speech, and everything in between. Hosted by me, Winston Marshall, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading thinkers, journalists, politicians, authors, academics, entrepreneurs, and cultural figures from across the political spectrum. We believe the best ideas emerge through open, honest, and good-faith discussion. Our guests are given the time to explain what they think, why they think it, and to have their ideas challenged through thoughtful conversation— not","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T06:20:50.109178+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winston-marshall-show-6768213"},"episode":{"title":"Raymond Ibrahim - “Heroic!” The UNCENSORED History of THE CRUSADES","slug":"raymond-ibrahim-heroic-the-uncensored-history-of-the-crusades","published_at":"2026-02-24T19:12:26+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winston-marshall-show-6768213/raymond-ibrahim-heroic-the-uncensored-history-of-the-crusades","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winston-marshall-show-6768213","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/winston-marshall/episodes/Raymond-Ibrahim---Heroic--The-UNCENSORED-History-of-THE-CRUSADES-e3i2n13","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/111987828/podcast/play/118626787/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-17%2F422297021-44100-2-3650f05bb26b6570.mp3","summary":"For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at https://Mengotomars.com In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with historian and Middle East scholar Raymond Ibrahim for a deep historical examination of the Crusades, the centuries long conflict between Islam and Christianity, and the moral framework of just war. We challenge the modern narrative that portrays the Crusades as unprovoked Christian aggression, and instead trace the centuries of Islamic expansion that preceded them, from the conquest of the Levant and North Africa to the fall of Christian territories across the Mediterranean. Ibrahim lays out the theological, military, and political realities of the era, arguing that the Crusades were understood at the time as defensive wars within a Christian just war tradition. The conversation explores jihad doctrine, papal authority, pilgrimage routes, the Byzantine appeal for help, and the brutal realities of medieval warfare on all sides. We discuss how both Christian and Muslim chroniclers recorded atrocities, enslavement, and religious violence, and why sanitised or selective readings distort the period. We also examine how the Crusades are invoked in modern political rhetoric, why historical memory shapes contemporary tensions, and whether the West has lost confidence in telling its own story honestly. A rigorous and unfiltered discussion about faith, war, civilisation, and what the Crusades really meant in their own time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WATCH THE EXTENDED CONVERSATION HERE: https://open.substack.com/pub/winstonmarshall/p/heroic-the-uncensored-history-of?r=18lfab&utm_campaign=post&…","meta_description":"For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at https://Mengotomars.com In this episode of The Wins…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7947,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-winston-marshall-show-6768213/episodes/raymond-ibrahim-heroic-the-uncensored-history-of-the-crusades/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winston-marshall-show-6768213/raymond-ibrahim-heroic-the-uncensored-history-of-the-crusades.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}