{"podcast":{"title":"Education Nation","slug":"education-nation-6810585","podcast_index_feed_id":6810585,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/stateofthenation/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/stateofthenation","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/stateofthenation/20260119_100154_cd68321b9e6870de0c4a919631042489.jpg","author":"State of the Nation","episode_count":26,"summary":"Education Nation is a new podcast for 2026 brought to you by the Irish Catholic. Hosted by Nicky Cuddihy, we have lined up a host of fascinating guests who have intriguing stories to tell about their own career journeys and their role within the Irish education system. As we hear their stories, we hope that the podcast will help us develop a better understanding of the complexity and the richness and the diversity that make our education system so unique, and our schools and teachers so highly valued.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T18:21:32.232884+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585"},"episode":{"title":"A look at Catholic education in Northern Ireland w/ Fintan Murphy","slug":"a-look-at-catholic-education-in-northern-ireland-w-fintan-murphy","published_at":"2026-05-08T12:30:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/a-look-at-catholic-education-in-northern-ireland-w-fintan-murphy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/stateofthenation/2805544","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/255486/2805544/stateofthenation/2026_05_08_12_28_24_0854e076-f19e-4ee1-bcde-5ad50aeb6fce.mp3","summary":"Our guest on Education Nation this week is Fintan Murphy, CEO of the Catholic Schools Trustee Service (CSTS)—the sectoral body supporting the trustees of the approximately 450 Catholic schools across Northern Ireland. In this episode Fintan offers valuable insights into the context of Catholic education within the Northern Ireland education system—one that mirrors the experience in the Republic in many respects but which differs significantly not only in language but also in terms of structure, funding and governance.","meta_description":"Our guest on Education Nation this week is Fintan Murphy, CEO of the Catholic Schools Trustee Service (CSTS)—the sectoral body supporting the trustees of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2477,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/education-nation-6810585/episodes/a-look-at-catholic-education-in-northern-ireland-w-fintan-murphy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-nation-6810585/a-look-at-catholic-education-in-northern-ireland-w-fintan-murphy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}