{"podcast":{"title":"FT News Briefing","slug":"ft-news-briefing-73509","podcast_index_feed_id":73509,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf","website_url":"http://ft.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/621e1a5bf5df83377cc948b8/1771582499067-6d97f00e-76d7-4cba-88d5-a1a9d37b4494.jpeg","author":"Forhecz Topher","episode_count":2141,"summary":"A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509"},"episode":{"title":"Life under Iran’s digital blackout","slug":"life-under-iran-s-digital-blackout","published_at":"2026-04-29T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/life-under-iran-s-digital-blackout","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509","url":"https://shows.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing/episodes/life-under-irans-digital-blackout","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ftnewsbriefing/e/69f12e728647f8587e16688e/media.mp3","summary":"Federal regulators launched a probe into all Disney-owned TV stations after a late-night comedian made a joke about First Lady Melania Trump, and emerging market stocks have recovered all of their losses from the early stages of the Iran war to hit an all-time high, and the United Arab Emirates is leaving Opec after 60 years. Plus, the FT’s Bita Ghaffari in Tehran details life inside Iran’s blackout that’s been in place since the US and Israel attacked at the end of February.  Mentioned in this podcast: Trump administration launches Disney probe after Jimmy Kimmel’s Melania joke Emerging market stocks hit record high as Asian chipmakers surge UAE to leave Opec in blow to oil cartel Life inside Iran’s internet blackout Credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live! Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts  Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by Marc Filippino , and produced by Victoria Craig, Saffeya Ahmed, and Fiona Symon. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Federal regulators launched a probe into all Disney-owned TV stations after a late-night comedian made a joke about First Lady Melania Trump, and emerging…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":732,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/life-under-iran-s-digital-blackout/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/life-under-iran-s-digital-blackout.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}