{"podcast":{"title":"Vibe Check","slug":"vibe-check-5608224","podcast_index_feed_id":5608224,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/tA_4bn2c","website_url":"https://www.siriusxm.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/00c81e60-45f9-4643-9fed-2184b2b6a3d3/54022a1b-ef3c-481f-b7da-b6c467deb5cc/3000x3000/sxm-cover-vibecheck-3000x3000-refresh-final.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"SiriusXM","episode_count":262,"summary":"A weekly podcast where Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford make sense of what’s going on in news and culture – and how it all feels. Vibe Check is your favorite group chat, come to life. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Vibe Check ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T16:18:14.229060+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224"},"episode":{"title":"The Iran War: Shock & Awe, Again","slug":"the-iran-war-shock-awe-again","published_at":"2026-03-04T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224/the-iran-war-shock-awe-again","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224","url":"https://www.siriusxm.com","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/2/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/93631aed-f31d-4c5b-b678-a6cd6844abdd/episodes/96b7df4c-ddc9-4da9-be56-f52fec89ed92/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=93631aed-f31d-4c5b-b678-a6cd6844abdd&awEpisodeId=96b7df4c-ddc9-4da9-be56-f52fec89ed92&feed=tA_4bn2c","summary":"On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach are joined by returning guest, journalist Afeef Nessouli, reporting live from Beirut, Lebanon. He breaks down what’s really happening in Iran and across the Middle East — and what life on the ground looks like amid rising tensions. Then, Saeed and Zach unpack the flashbacks this moment is triggering from the post-9/11 era, and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Plus, they share their latest picks for “the vibes are on” and “the vibes are off.” ------------------------------------------------------ Saeed’s Poem of the Week: “I don’t usually talk to strangers” from DON’T LET ME BE LONELY (2004) by Claudia Rankine","meta_description":"On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach are joined by returning guest, journalist Afeef Nessouli, reporting live from Beirut, Lebanon. He breaks dow…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3924,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vibe-check-5608224/episodes/the-iran-war-shock-awe-again/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224/the-iran-war-shock-awe-again.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}