{"podcast":{"title":"War & Conflict with Preston Stewart","slug":"war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288","podcast_index_feed_id":7458288,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/AETTA6423981509","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/preston-stewart--6716812","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bed751d2-1975-11f1-8d0f-7f39a5393f15/image/6fb2ed73e50a3ee9fd1fd541f61a5117.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Preston Stewart","episode_count":314,"summary":"Glad you're here! I'm Preston, and I break down war, conflict, and geopolitics to make it easier for people to understand. I'm a former U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate with a degree in International Relations, and I've served as an officer in the 101st Airborne Division, the Texas National Guard, and the U.S. Army Reserve in Tennessee. Hope this podcast helps make sense of things going on in the world!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T10:19:07.631156+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288"},"episode":{"title":"The Iran War Just Expanded","slug":"the-iran-war-just-expanded","published_at":"2026-05-13T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288/the-iran-war-just-expanded","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AETTA8767325394.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AETTA8767325394.mp3","summary":"Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Pretty significant developments in the Iran war over the past 24 hours as Kuwait captured IRGC sailors trying to infiltrate their territory and the UAE and Saudi Arabia are reported to have carried out strikes inside of Iran. Overall this shows a widening or expansion of the conflict. It's still early but that sort of thing could help resolve the conflict on favorable terms, but there's still a lot of work to be done. Sources:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/12/kuwait-says-it-foils-infiltration-operation-by-irans-irgchttps://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-arabia-covertly-launched-strikes-on-iran-during-war-sources-say/https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-arabia-covertly-launched-strikes-on-iran-during-war-sources-say/Twitter: https://twitter.com/prestonstew_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prestonstewInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonstew_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Preston-Stewart/61584740132063/Unclassified Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4YmaFZihykI0iov9XgQ0uD?si=efe0b3bd89b6421dYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheUnclassifiedPodContact: preston@warstories.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Store: https://prestonstew.shop/Join the community on Substack: https://prestonstew.substack.com/Pretty significant developments in the Iran war over the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":949,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288/episodes/the-iran-war-just-expanded/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-conflict-with-preston-stewart-7458288/the-iran-war-just-expanded.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}