{"podcast":{"title":"ABC News Top Stories","slug":"abc-news-top-stories-6001594","podcast_index_feed_id":6001594,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/101858056/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/radio/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e095db3b3ea82ec7b474d8295add4336.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":30,"summary":"ABC News Top Stories delivers the biggest breaking news and headlines from Australia and around the world, updated throughout the day. Get fast, trusted coverage of politics, business, extreme weather, and major national events from the ABC's newsroom direct to your podcast feed. Whether you're catching up on the morning's top headlines or need a quick update between meetings, ABC News Top Stories gives you the essential news of the day. You can also hear the biggest stories of the day explained in-depth in just a few minutes. Follow now for daily Australian news briefings from the ABC, Australia's most trusted news source.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T12:17:05.666903+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594"},"episode":{"title":"What's going on with the Strait of Hormuz?","slug":"what-s-going-on-with-the-strait-of-hormuz","published_at":"2026-05-22T00:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/what-s-going-on-with-the-strait-of-hormuz","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-top-stories/whats-going-on-with-the-strait-of-hormuz/106710770","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/kq/Z/84.mp3","summary":"The Strait of Hormuz is central to the war in the Middle East, and its closure has disrupted supply chains around the world and sent fuel prices soaring. Iran's tightening its grip on the strait. So what exactly is going on with this key waterway?","meta_description":"The Strait of Hormuz is central to the war in the Middle East, and its closure has disrupted supply chains around the world and sent fuel prices soaring.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":144,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/episodes/what-s-going-on-with-the-strait-of-hormuz/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/what-s-going-on-with-the-strait-of-hormuz.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}