{"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":"2026-09-24T14:26:11.633282+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114"},"episode":{"title":"World Cup: It's time for Africa","slug":"world-cup-it-s-time-for-africa","published_at":"2026-06-30T14:41:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114/world-cup-it-s-time-for-africa","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/world-cup-it-s-time-for-africa/audio-77773852?maca=en-podcast_africalink-8027-xml-mrss","audio_url":"https://radiodownloaddw-a.akamaihd.net/Events/podcasts/en/8027_podcast_africalink/7CBED6B7-podcast-8027-77773852.mp3","summary":"Africa is enjoying one of its strongest-ever FIFA World Cup campaigns, with a record nine teams reaching the knockout stage. In this AfricaLink podcast, host Eddy Micah Jr. speaks with Ghanaian sports journalist Betty Yawson and DW's Samson Omale about Africa's performances so far, the teams most likely to go further, and whether an African nation can finally lift football's biggest prize.","meta_description":"Africa is enjoying one of its strongest-ever FIFA World Cup campaigns, with a record nine teams reaching the knockout stage. In this AfricaLink podcast, h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1508,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dw-africalink-200114/episodes/world-cup-it-s-time-for-africa/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/world-cup-it-s-time-for-africa.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}