{"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":"Godzilla (1998)","slug":"godzilla-1998","published_at":"2026-07-04T02:07:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unclear-and-present-danger-4432199/godzilla-1998","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unclear-and-present-danger-4432199","url":"https://jamellebouie.net/unclear-and-present-danger/2026/7/3/godzilla-1998","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/static1.squarespace.com/static/5005bd5824ac859904572da0/t/6a4869d3fd876d612dee2d89/1783130647680/UCPD_96_Godzilla.mp3","summary":"On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, we watched Roland Emmerich’s attempt to bring Godzilla to Hollywood in the appropriately titled Godzilla . Ostensibly a film about the dangers of nuclear testing, Godzilla is a total mess, a miserable failure that deserves its poor reputation. We talked about that deservedly poor reputation, as well as changing American perceptions of the military as the 1990s came to a close. Tune in! In our next episode, we tackle Michael Bay’s masterpiece Armageddon , one of two movies that year about an asteroid hitting earth. And our Patreon, we watched two movies about the Nuremburg trials — from 2000 and 2025 — and talked about them. Listen to that episode, and more, at patreon.com/unclearpod .","meta_description":"On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, we watched Roland Emmerich’s attempt to bring Godzilla to Hollywood in the appropriately titled Godz…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unclear-and-present-danger-4432199/episodes/godzilla-1998/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/godzilla-1998.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}