{"podcast":{"title":"Awake At Night","slug":"awake-at-night-769564","podcast_index_feed_id":769564,"rss_url":"https://unhcr.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/1/0/7/c107611eabf3c5b6/awakeatnight-icon-1400x1400-UN-2.0-final.png","author":"Tulin Battikhi","episode_count":141,"summary":"What does it take to be a United Nations worker in some of the world's most complex and dangerous places? How are UN humanitarians, human rights advocates, prosecutors, development experts, climate leaders and peacekeepers improving our world? Stationed in all reaches of the world and witness to suffering and atrocities, how are they helping people and coping themselves? To find out, Melissa Fleming meets them. Here you will discover extraordinary personal stories from people who devote their lives to helping others.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T00:19:21.034376+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-at-night-769564"},"episode":{"title":"Serving the UN is the honor of a lifetime, with Annalena Baerbock, President UN General Assembly 80th Session","slug":"serving-the-un-is-the-honor-of-a-lifetime-with-annalena-baerbock-president-un-general-assembly-80th-session","published_at":"2026-01-06T03:07:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-at-night-769564/serving-the-un-is-the-honor-of-a-lifetime-with-annalena-baerbock-president-un-general-assembly-80th-session","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-at-night-769564","url":"https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s12-annalena-baerbock-serving-the-UN-is-the-honor-of-a-lifetime","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/unhcr/AAN_S12_-_Annalena_Baerbock_v2.mp3?dest-id=719614","summary":"Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock is a new face at the United Nations. Sworn in as President of the General Assembly in September, she brings experience and energy at a time of challenges and new beginnings – including the selection of the next Secretary-General. \"We need this place where countries, big and small, rich and poor, are coming together and have an equal say and an equal vote.\" Shaped by her nation's turbulent past and successful reunification Annalena Baerbock entered politics at a young age. In this episode, she reflects on the importance of female pioneers, the impact of online harassment and shares why the UN Charter can still move her to tears.","meta_description":"Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock is a new face at the United Nations. Sworn in as President of the General Assembly in September, she brin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2286,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/awake-at-night-769564/episodes/serving-the-un-is-the-honor-of-a-lifetime-with-annalena-baerbock-president-un-general-assembly-80th-session/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-at-night-769564/serving-the-un-is-the-honor-of-a-lifetime-with-annalena-baerbock-president-un-general-assembly-80th-session.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}