{"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":250,"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":"2026-09-20T14:20:29.789761+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594"},"episode":{"title":"Why Lionel Messi called it quits after the soccer World Cup","slug":"why-lionel-messi-called-it-quits-after-the-soccer-world-cup","published_at":"2026-09-01T03:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/why-lionel-messi-called-it-quits-after-the-soccer-world-cup","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-top-stories/why-lionel-messi-called-it-quits-after-the-soccer-world-cup/107102844","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/o2/Z/ov.mp3","summary":"Argentina's soccer legend Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football. The 39-year-old made the announcement in a social media post. It comes soon after the death of his father and six weeks since the final of the FIFA World Cup which saw Spain beat Argentina 1-0. But he's not putting away his boots entirely.","meta_description":"Argentina's soccer legend Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football. The 39-year-old made the announcement in a social media p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":237,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/episodes/why-lionel-messi-called-it-quits-after-the-soccer-world-cup/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/why-lionel-messi-called-it-quits-after-the-soccer-world-cup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}