{"podcast":{"title":"Uncertain Things","slug":"uncertain-things-1365822","podcast_index_feed_id":1365822,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/55152.rss","website_url":"https://uncertain.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/55152/d5aa3021bd2e0c5c8c26c93af46f588a.jpg","author":"Uncertain Things","episode_count":115,"summary":"Everything is broken. Now what?","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T06:18:18.631352+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822"},"episode":{"title":"Doing the World a Favor in Iran (w/ Eli Lake)","slug":"doing-the-world-a-favor-in-iran-w-eli-lake","published_at":"2026-03-23T05:36:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822/doing-the-world-a-favor-in-iran-w-eli-lake","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822","url":"https://uncertain.substack.com/p/doing-the-world-a-favor-in-iran-w","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191731718/bc23b2822ae4ad576933f97fbf33dd25.mp3","summary":"Eli Lake — staff writer at The Free Press, contributing editor at Commentary Magazine, and host of the Breaking History podcast — returns to the podcast to discuss the state of neoconservatism; the war with Iran (and why all the pundits are wrong about); and the enduring mystery (but not-so-enduring importance) of Tucker Carlson. On the agenda: - Neocons, Redux -The war in Iran -The “geopolitics” of Europe -The conversation about the conversation -Tucker Carlson, the modern day Father Coughlin? Mentioned in this episode: * How Israel is helping Iran’s opposition ( The Free Press ) * Eli Lake and Andrew Sullivan debate the Iran War ( Breaking History ) More Eli on Uncertain Things * The Decapitation of Hezbollah * How the World Learned to Love the Butchery of Jews * The Art of Being Offended Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Eli Lake — staff writer at The Free Press, contributing editor at Commentary Magazine, and host of the Breaking History podcast — returns to the podcast t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4110,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uncertain-things-1365822/episodes/doing-the-world-a-favor-in-iran-w-eli-lake/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822/doing-the-world-a-favor-in-iran-w-eli-lake.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}