{"podcast":{"title":"Hack","slug":"hack-771880","podcast_index_feed_id":771880,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/6840588/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/ab7f38d9863b4032fb7377babdfd8220.jpg?src","author":"triple j","episode_count":2000,"summary":"Hack brings you the stories that matter to young people. Every weekday host Dave Marchese and the triple j Hack team cover the latest news, politics and culture from all around Australia.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-25T18:18:26.940000+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-771880"},"episode":{"title":"DEEP DIVE: Where did all the apprentices go? We’re about to really need them","slug":"deep-dive-where-did-all-the-apprentices-go-we-re-about-to-really-need-them","published_at":"2026-09-04T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-771880/deep-dive-where-did-all-the-apprentices-go-we-re-about-to-really-need-them","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-771880","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/deep-dive-tradie-shortage/107117824","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/o6/Z/la.mp3","summary":"Some tradies are anticipating a 'blue collar gold rush'. Big infrastructure projects to build data centres and underground tunnels mean that tradies, particularly electricians, are about to be in high demand. But, what if there aren't enough tradies to build everything we need? In this week's deep dive, we hear about the tradie shortage expected over the next few years and whether Australia can get its apprentice numbers up. Guest: Ben Bardon, CEO, National Australian Apprenticeships Association Get the whole story from hack: Follow us on Instagram and TikTok Subscribe to the hack podcast Listen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm","meta_description":"Some tradies are anticipating a 'blue collar gold rush'. Big infrastructure projects to build data centres and underground tunnels mean that tradies, part…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":780,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hack-771880/episodes/deep-dive-where-did-all-the-apprentices-go-we-re-about-to-really-need-them/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-771880/deep-dive-where-did-all-the-apprentices-go-we-re-about-to-really-need-them.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}