{"podcast":{"title":"War on the Rocks","slug":"war-on-the-rocks-935230","podcast_index_feed_id":935230,"rss_url":"https://warontherocks.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://warontherocks.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/4/b/5/94b5a817a33f839616c3140a3186d450/WOTR_glass_logo_big-20250414-0ym78u99wn.jpg","author":"War on the Rocks","episode_count":335,"summary":"Discussions over drinks with security, defense, and foreign policy insiders and experts. The original War on the Rocks podcast series.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-on-the-rocks-935230"},"episode":{"title":"Is Europe Stepping Up on Defense?","slug":"is-europe-stepping-up-on-defense","published_at":"2025-10-02T15:52:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-on-the-rocks-935230/is-europe-stepping-up-on-defense","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-on-the-rocks-935230","url":"https://warontherocks.libsyn.com/is-europe-stepping-up-on-defense","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/warontherocks/WOTR_London_9.26.25.mp3?dest-id=298196","summary":"Well, is it? From defense innovation, to scaling capabilities, to budgets, the answers aren't easy. Ryan was joined by General Sir Richard Barrons of the United Kingdom and Peter Michael Nielsen of Denmark to sort through these issues. Barrons had a storied military career and most recently co-led his country's Strategic Defence Review . Nielsen is Denmark's deputy national armaments director, a role that has unique weight now as Denmark holds the E.U. presidency. This episode was recorded live at a reception in London hosted by our friends at Helsing ( https://helsing.ai ).","meta_description":"Well, is it? From defense innovation, to scaling capabilities, to budgets, the answers aren't easy. Ryan was joined by General Sir Richard Barrons of the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1317,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/war-on-the-rocks-935230/episodes/is-europe-stepping-up-on-defense/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/war-on-the-rocks-935230/is-europe-stepping-up-on-defense.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}