Episode

Venezuela Rescue Challenges, Climbers Scale Empire State Building, Village People Frontman Dies and more

Podcast

CNN 5 Things

Published

Jul 1, 2026

Duration seconds

406

Processing state

not_requested

Canonical source

https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2009580754.mp3

Audio

https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2009580754.mp3

JSON

/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-5-things-716851/episodes/venezuela-rescue-challenges-climbers-scale-empire-state-building-village-people-frontman-dies-and-more

Markdown

/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851/venezuela-rescue-challenges-climbers-scale-empire-state-building-village-people-frontman-dies-and-more.md

Actions

• POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-5-things-716851/episodes/venezuela-rescue-challenges-climbers-scale-empire-state-building-village-people-frontman-dies-and-more/transcription-requests
  Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
• GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851/venezuela-rescue-challenges-climbers-scale-empire-state-building-village-people-frontman-dies-and-more.md
  Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

We start with the obstacles hampering Venezuela’s search efforts after massive earthquakes last week. We’ll tell you what two people were doing on top of a New York skyscraper. A former CIA director investigated by the DOJ is suing the Trump administration. The breakthrough scientists say could help understand the origins of life. Plus, remembering the lead singer behind the hit “YMCA.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices