{"podcast":{"title":"Catch Up with Louise McSharry","slug":"catch-up-with-louise-mcsharry-5207220","podcast_index_feed_id":5207220,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/621e43f7c73d830013220725","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/catch-up-with-louise-mcsharry","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/621e43f7c73d830013220725/1646831840402-76cba7cd7b109036c05d01e331b09db3.jpeg","author":"Louise McSharry","episode_count":463,"summary":"Catch Up with Louise McSharry keeps you up to date on the week’s news and culture, from the lowest of brows to the relatively high. Armed with recommendations for music, books, telly and the rest, Louise takes you through the week’s events with the help of experts and relevant guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T12:17:10.277748+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catch-up-with-louise-mcsharry-5207220"},"episode":{"title":"News Catch-Up: Reasons to Hope","slug":"news-catch-up-reasons-to-hope","published_at":"2026-05-25T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catch-up-with-louise-mcsharry-5207220/news-catch-up-reasons-to-hope","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catch-up-with-louise-mcsharry-5207220","url":"https://shows.acast.com/catch-up-with-louise-mcsharry/episodes/news-catch-up-reasons-to-hope","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/621e43f7c73d830013220725/e/6a072e82382d6c4030290bad/media.mp3","summary":"As I'm away, Carl Kinsella and I can't do the usual news round-up this week. Instead, we decided to highlight some reasons to be politically hopeful at a time when there are plenty of reasons to feel down in the dumps. We both felt more optimistic after recording this, and hope you do too. To support the podcast and access bonus episodes, join the community on Patreon here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"As I'm away, Carl Kinsella and I can't do the usual news round-up this week. Instead, we decided to highlight some reasons to be politically hopeful at a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3046,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/catch-up-with-louise-mcsharry-5207220/episodes/news-catch-up-reasons-to-hope/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catch-up-with-louise-mcsharry-5207220/news-catch-up-reasons-to-hope.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}