{"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 Happy Pod: Inviting strangers round for dinner","slug":"the-happy-pod-inviting-strangers-round-for-dinner","published_at":"2026-07-11T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504/the-happy-pod-inviting-strangers-round-for-dinner","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ny41xs","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0ny40m4.mp3","summary":"When Nidhi and Vik moved to Northern Ireland, they came up with an unusual way to make new friends - hosting dinner parties made up of strangers. Now the couple, originally from India, have connected with 60 people and counting. Vik says he wants to make the whole world his friends. Plus, the Iranian father helping his blind son experience the football World Cup. He uses a makeshift football pitch to mimic what's going on. Also, a listener tells us about their chance encounter with a teacher they hadn't seen for 12 years. We go to a picnic where the only thing on the menu is unlimited cake, and the payphone in Washington DC that tells jokes. Our weekly collection of inspiring, uplifting and happy news from around the world. Presenter: Holly Gibbs. Music composed by Iona Hampson (Photo: Nidhi and Vik preparing for their Masala Talkies. Credit: Your Pal Moments.)","meta_description":"When Nidhi and Vik moved to Northern Ireland, they came up with an unusual way to make new friends - hosting dinner parties made up of strangers. Now the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1590,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-news-podcast-204504/episodes/the-happy-pod-inviting-strangers-round-for-dinner/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-happy-pod-inviting-strangers-round-for-dinner.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}