{"podcast":{"title":"Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show","slug":"handbrake-off-the-athletic-fc-s-arsenal-show-21798","podcast_index_feed_id":21798,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/681887451d28d623139a0fc9","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/681887451d28d623139a0fc9/show-cover.jpg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":466,"summary":"The Athletic's Amy Lawrence, Adrian Clarke, James McNicholas (Gunnerblog), Art de Roche and comedian Ian Stone bring you a twice-weekly podcast dedicated to Arsenal Football Club. They'll bring you reaction to all the games, expert insight into the inner-workings of the club, including transfers and contracts, and analysis on the women's team too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T02:17:11.176097+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/handbrake-off-the-athletic-fc-s-arsenal-show-21798"},"episode":{"title":"Can Saka get back to his best?","slug":"can-saka-get-back-to-his-best","published_at":"2026-04-01T13:23:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/handbrake-off-the-athletic-fc-s-arsenal-show-21798/can-saka-get-back-to-his-best","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/handbrake-off-the-athletic-fc-s-arsenal-show-21798","url":"https://shows.acast.com/handbrake-off-the-athletic-fcs-arsenal-show/episodes/can-saka-get-back-to-his-best","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/681887451d28d623139a0fc9/e/69cd1c6eab5d25f9c94f0709/media.mp3","summary":"Art de Roché and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to discuss all things Arsenal and look ahead to the match against Southampton in the FA Cup this weekend. The panel reflect on 11 Arsenal players withdrawing from international duty, the outside noise around this, Ben White being booed on his England return, contributing factors to Saka’s less impactful season so far, and what Odegaard can bring to the team as he nears a return from injury. Plus, they look ahead to the run-in, Southampton in the FA Cup on Saturday, we hear from Phoebe in Hong Kong in this week’s instalment of ‘Up Your Arsenal’ and they pay tribute to David Rocastle on the 25th anniversary of his passing. If you like the panel’s song choices, check out the ‘Now that’s what I call Handbrake’ playlist on both Spotify and Apple Music and listen to them all there:  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6cgJk1eJwQBmiUJlSFZMJN?si=pMHHbBb8S8Ky5LtlKp7pHw&pi=Rra8NSxDRVm58&nd=1&dlsi=62f2d7c1c10045ac Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/now-thats-what-i-call-handbrake/pl.u-d2b00jZuDxWk6P Producer: Robby Williams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Art de Roché and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to discuss all things Arsenal and look ahead to the match against Southampton in the FA Cup this weekend. Th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2288,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/handbrake-off-the-athletic-fc-s-arsenal-show-21798/episodes/can-saka-get-back-to-his-best/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/handbrake-off-the-athletic-fc-s-arsenal-show-21798/can-saka-get-back-to-his-best.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}