{"podcast":{"title":"Unclear and Present Danger","slug":"unclear-and-present-danger-4432199","podcast_index_feed_id":4432199,"rss_url":"https://jamelle-bouie.squarespace.com/unclear-and-present-danger?format=rss","website_url":"https://jamellebouie.net/unclear-and-present-danger/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5005bd5824ac859904572da0/1645635358249-CESCX6UOFY2FSISGLKYQ/unclearpod1x1.jpg?format=1500w","author":"Jamelle Bouie","episode_count":105,"summary":"New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and freelance writer John Ganz delve into the world of 90s post-Cold War thrillers with Unclear and Present Danger, a podcast that explores America in an age of transition to lone superpower, at once triumphant and unsure of its role in the world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T02:18:38.555516+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unclear-and-present-danger-4432199"},"episode":{"title":"Air Force One","slug":"air-force-one","published_at":"2025-02-07T20:36:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unclear-and-present-danger-4432199/air-force-one","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unclear-and-present-danger-4432199","url":"https://jamellebouie.net/unclear-and-present-danger/2025/2/7/air-force-one","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/static1.squarespace.com/static/5005bd5824ac859904572da0/t/67a66dc701edb92e6265a697/1738960382248/UCPD_77_AirForceOne_mixdown.mp3","summary":"On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John are joined by Max Read — of the Max Read Substack — to talk Air Force One , the 1997 action thriller directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring none other than Harrison Ford as The President. Air Force One also stars Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Paul Guilfoyle, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews and Dean Stockwell. In Air Force One , as I’m sure you know, the president’s aircraft is hijacked by a group of terrorists who demand the release of their country’s imprisoned dictator. Rather than flee for safety, President James Marshall decides to take things into his own hands, confronting the terrorists one by one in an attempt to retake his plane. You can find Air Force One to buy or rent on Amazon Prime and Apple TV. The tagline for Air Force One is “Harrison Ford is the President of the United States.” For our next episode, we will cover Richard Donner’s Conspiracy Theory , starring Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts and Patrick Stewart. Be sure to sign up for our Patreon, where we watch the films of the Cold War and try to unpack them as political and historical documents! For $5 a month, you get two bonus episodes every month as well as access to the entire back catalog — we’re almost two years deep at this point. Sign up at patreon.com/unclearpod . ","meta_description":"On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John are joined by Max Read — of the Max Read Substack — to talk Air Force One , th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4916,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unclear-and-present-danger-4432199/episodes/air-force-one/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unclear-and-present-danger-4432199/air-force-one.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}