{"podcast":{"title":"DW AfricaLink","slug":"dw-africalink-200114","podcast_index_feed_id":200114,"rss_url":"https://rss.dw.com/xml/podcast_africalink","website_url":"https://www.dw.com/en/africalink/program-17270580?maca=en-podcast_africalink-8027-xml-mrss","image_url":"https://static.dw.com/image/74973914_7.png","author":"DW","episode_count":100,"summary":"DW AfricaLink is packed with news, politics, culture and more — every weekday. From combating health issues and freedom of expression to finances, tolerance and environmental protection, we have it covered.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T04:19:26.620845+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114"},"episode":{"title":"Running on empty: Malawi's fuel crisis","slug":"running-on-empty-malawi-s-fuel-crisis","published_at":"2026-04-28T14:22:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114/running-on-empty-malawi-s-fuel-crisis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/running-on-empty-malawi-s-fuel-crisis/audio-76969773?maca=en-podcast_africalink-8027-xml-mrss","audio_url":"https://radiodownloaddw-a.akamaihd.net/Events/podcasts/en/8027_podcast_africalink/A7445C97-podcast-8027-76969773.mp3","summary":"Malawi's fuel crisis is probably severe than anywhere in Africa. The government has been forced to sell of precious gold reserves to buy fuel to keep hospitals and agriculture running. How are Malawians coping and is there a solution? Eddy Micah Jnr. speaks with Michael Kaiyatsa, a human rights activist and head of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and DW's Chimwemwe Padatha in Lilongwe.","meta_description":"Malawi's fuel crisis is probably severe than anywhere in Africa. The government has been forced to sell of precious gold reserves to buy fuel to keep hosp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1514,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dw-africalink-200114/episodes/running-on-empty-malawi-s-fuel-crisis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114/running-on-empty-malawi-s-fuel-crisis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}