{"podcast":{"title":"Beyond the Indus","slug":"beyond-the-indus-6300750","podcast_index_feed_id":6300750,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10bd9973c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://thediplomat.com/category/beyond-the-indus","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44837767/e8dcc3c525e58869.jpg","author":"The Diplomat","episode_count":45,"summary":"Join host Tushar Shetty every month as he and expert guests delve deep into one of the world's most culturally diverse, economically vibrant, and politically chaotic regions: South Asia.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T02:19:27.441861+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-indus-6300750"},"episode":{"title":"Nepal's Gen Z Election","slug":"nepal-s-gen-z-election","published_at":"2026-02-23T15:59:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-indus-6300750/nepal-s-gen-z-election","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-indus-6300750","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-diplomat-indus/episodes/Nepals-Gen-Z-Election-e3fg6hc","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10bd9973c/podcast/play/115922924/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-23%2Fd9d0d955-1f53-4491-5d9e-a6e9e563b7e7.mp3","summary":"On March 5, Nepal will head to the polls for the first election since Gen Z protests toppled the government of former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli. Beyond the Indus host Tushar Shetty sits down with BiswasBaral, editor of the Kathmandu Post and a columnist for The Diplomat, to discuss the Gen Z Revolution, the new crop of favorites – headed by Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah – and the fate of the old political forces. Whoever wins, Baral says, “The new government cannot escape the underlying reasons why the Gen Z uprising happened in the first place: corruption, lack of jobs, unresponsive governance, poor service delivery.”","meta_description":"On March 5, Nepal will head to the polls for the first election since Gen Z protests toppled the government of former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli. Beyo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2774,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beyond-the-indus-6300750/episodes/nepal-s-gen-z-election/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-indus-6300750/nepal-s-gen-z-election.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}