# Rescuers search for thousands trapped after Venezuela quake Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dc-4662769/rescuers-search-for-thousands-trapped-after-venezuela-quake Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dc-4662769/rescuers-search-for-thousands-trapped-after-venezuela-quake.md Podcast: [dc](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dc-4662769) Published: 2026-06-25T21:44:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/rescuers-search-for-thousands-trapped-after-venezuela-quake--72694896 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72694896/p0nv642z.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dc-4662769/episodes/rescuers-search-for-thousands-trapped-after-venezuela-quake Duration seconds: 2307 ## Resource At least 180 people are now confirmed to have died in northern Venezuela after two powerful back-to-back earthquakes. Thousands are still unaccounted for. We hear from two people whose homes have been destroyed. Also in the programme; the owners of Hong Kong's last independent bookshop are arrested; and how scientists have managed to read ancient papyrus scrolls burned to a cinder when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.Photo: People on motorbikes drive past damaged buildings following the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela Credit: RONALD PENA R/EPA/Shutterstock ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dc-4662769/episodes/rescuers-search-for-thousands-trapped-after-venezuela-quake/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dc-4662769/rescuers-search-for-thousands-trapped-after-venezuela-quake.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.