{"podcast":{"title":"3 Things","slug":"3-things-69930","podcast_index_feed_id":69930,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5008053/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://www.indianexpress.com/audio/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/18099ab0c9fbecbaffd70725b164d186.jpg","author":"Express Audio","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Our flagship daily news show, where we talk to in-house experts about what is going on and why you need to care about it.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T06:19:43.174240+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-things-69930"},"episode":{"title":"TMC accused publicly shamed, Shiv Sena crisis, and NEET-UG retest","slug":"tmc-accused-publicly-shamed-shiv-sena-crisis-and-neet-ug-retest","published_at":"2026-06-22T00:30:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-things-69930/tmc-accused-publicly-shamed-shiv-sena-crisis-and-neet-ug-retest","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-things-69930","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tmc-accused-publicly-shamed-shiv-sena-crisis-and-neet-ug-retest--72621980","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72621980/3_things_2026_june_22_v1.mp3","summary":"First, we speak to The Indian Express’ Sweety Kumari about the controversy in West Bengal after several Trinamool Congress leaders accused of crimes were publicly paraded by the police, prompting criticism from the Calcutta High Court even as many locals appeared to support the crackdown. Next, we talk to The Indian Express’ Alok Deshpande about the fresh crisis within Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, after six of the party’s nine Lok Sabha MPs came under speculation of defecting, raising questions about the party’s future and the latest chapter in the Sena’s long history of internal rebellions. (13:50) And in the end, we look at the NEET-UG retest conducted after the original examination was cancelled over a suspected paper leak, the extraordinary security arrangements put in place, and the anxiety it has caused among lakhs of students and their families. (27:50) Hosted by Ichha Sharma Produced and written by Shashank Bhargava, Niharika Nanda, and Ichha Sharma Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar","meta_description":"First, we speak to The Indian Express’ Sweety Kumari about the controversy in West Bengal after several Trinamool Congress leaders accused of crimes were…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1850,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/3-things-69930/episodes/tmc-accused-publicly-shamed-shiv-sena-crisis-and-neet-ug-retest/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-things-69930/tmc-accused-publicly-shamed-shiv-sena-crisis-and-neet-ug-retest.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}