{"podcast":{"title":"Global News Podcast","slug":"global-news-podcast-204504","podcast_index_feed_id":204504,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0gn.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nq0gn","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0lqf7hf.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":265,"summary":"The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T06:19:32.887142+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504"},"episode":{"title":"The Global Story: The American mayor accused of working for China","slug":"the-global-story-the-american-mayor-accused-of-working-for-china","published_at":"2026-05-24T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504/the-global-story-the-american-mayor-accused-of-working-for-china","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nms14q","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0nms0d5.mp3","summary":"The mayor of the Californian city of Arcadia has agreed to plead guilty to charges she acted as an illegal agent for China. Prosecutors say Eileen Wang was directly co-ordinating with a Chinese official to disseminate news stories downplaying human rights concerns in China, with the aim of trying to influence US government and public opinion. US authorities say the extent of China’s covert activity and espionage in the United States goes well beyond this case. According to the FBI, Chinese counterintelligence and espionage efforts are a “grave threat to the economic well-being and democratic values of the United States”. We speak to Andrew Badger, former CIA case officer and co-author of The Great Heist: China's Epic Campaign to Steal America's Secrets. The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption. For more episodes, just search 'The Global Story' wherever you get your BBC Podcasts Producer: Viv Jones and Lucy Pawle Executive producer: James Shield Sound engineer: Travis Evans Senior news editor: China Collins (Photo: Eileen Wang. Credit: City of Arcadia City Hall/ Reuters)","meta_description":"The mayor of the Californian city of Arcadia has agreed to plead guilty to charges she acted as an illegal agent for China. Prosecutors say Eileen Wang wa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1655,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-news-podcast-204504/episodes/the-global-story-the-american-mayor-accused-of-working-for-china/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504/the-global-story-the-american-mayor-accused-of-working-for-china.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}