{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheelucidators.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fepisode-09-kurd-stomped-61vERyqP","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 09: Kurd Stomped!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2a8922/2a89225d-05ae-42df-b802-df9eaba7d713/796d3c73-d52d-4e8d-a5e3-c900ea5722c0/elucidators-logo-1500.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/796d3c73-d52d-4e8d-a5e3-c900ea5722c0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 09: Kurd Stomped!\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Q: How do you spell betrayal?A: R-O-J-A-V-A—ROJAVA. That’s the name of the nascent Kurdish state in northern Syria that’s currently being bombed by Turkey.Q: Who are the Kurds?A: The largest ethnic group in the world without an official state of their own and the warriors most-responsible for forcing ISIS out!Q: Why is Turkey doing this?A: Well…because President Trump said they could.We tackle these questions and many, many more in this week’s episode: Kurd Stomped!"}