{"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: My best friend turned out to be my brother","slug":"the-happy-pod-my-best-friend-turned-out-to-be-my-brother","published_at":"2026-07-25T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504/the-happy-pod-my-best-friend-turned-out-to-be-my-brother","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p0q06t","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0p0px79.mp3","summary":"Dave and Andrea met by chance at work. They got on so well they could complete each other's sentences - which made sense when they discovered they were actually siblings. Dave was Andrea's biological brother, but had been adopted by another family when he was a baby. Also, grandmother Anita LeBrun wanted to enjoy her favourite glass of wine in the assisted living facility, but she wasn't allowed due to licensing laws. So, she changed the law, and the \"Grandparents' Happy Hour\" bill has been introduced in Minnesota. Plus, the walking festival in the Netherlands which is keeping Dutch children happy. The women making waves in the world of Lumberjacking, and the 'Plastic Soup Surfer' tells us about his adventures. Our weekly collection of inspiring, uplifting and happy news from around the world. (Picture: Dave and Andrea. Credit: BBC/PA Wire) Presenter: Holly Gibbs. Music composed by Iona Hampson","meta_description":"Dave and Andrea met by chance at work. They got on so well they could complete each other's sentences - which made sense when they discovered they were ac…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1597,"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-my-best-friend-turned-out-to-be-my-brother/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-my-best-friend-turned-out-to-be-my-brother.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}