{"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/p0pc2j9y.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":281,"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":"2026-09-24T04:17:48.701368+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504"},"episode":{"title":"The Global Story: US at 250 – your questions answered","slug":"the-global-story-us-at-250-your-questions-answered","published_at":"2026-07-05T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504/the-global-story-us-at-250-your-questions-answered","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nwq7t9","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0nwq66f.mp3","summary":"As the United States celebrates 250 years since its founding, this week The Global Story has been exploring the surprising and often hidden ways the US has shaped the modern world. In this episode, listeners from The Global Story and Global News Podcast ask their questions to hosts Asma Khalid, Tristan Redman and Celia Hatton. BBC’s international editor, Jeremy Bowen, who has reported from more than 90 countries over the past 40 years, also joins. To hear more of the US and the World at 250 special episodes, search for The Global Story, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.","meta_description":"As the United States celebrates 250 years since its founding, this week The Global Story has been exploring the surprising and often hidden ways the US ha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1664,"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-us-at-250-your-questions-answered/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-us-at-250-your-questions-answered.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}