{"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/681887451d28d623139a0fc9/1786711709330-88226c06-1a5a-4099-af1a-ea99678bf3d4.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":481,"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":"2026-09-22T02:18:09.584644+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/handbrake-off-the-athletic-fc-s-arsenal-show-21798"},"episode":{"title":"Pre-season starts and might Vini Jr still be on?","slug":"pre-season-starts-and-might-vini-jr-still-be-on","published_at":"2026-08-02T19:31:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/handbrake-off-the-athletic-fc-s-arsenal-show-21798/pre-season-starts-and-might-vini-jr-still-be-on","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/pre-season-starts-and-might-vini-jr-still-be-on","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/681887451d28d623139a0fc9/e/6a6f9b1c88c5585c85bf71ff/media.mp3","summary":"The Arsenal have played their first pre-season game and the Handbrake team are here to debrief. Ian Stone is joined by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke after Mikel Arteta’s side calmly dispatch Girona 4-1 in Catalonia. New boy Christos Tzolis was on the scoresheet. What did we make of his first performance in front of fans? And just how good is Max Dowman? There’s the latest on the Vinicius Junior situation PLUS Christian Norgaard is on his way to Everton. What might that mean for the potential arrival of Bruno Guimaraes? Produced by Xavi Bird Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The Arsenal have played their first pre-season game and the Handbrake team are here to debrief. Ian Stone is joined by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke afte…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2979,"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/pre-season-starts-and-might-vini-jr-still-be-on/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/pre-season-starts-and-might-vini-jr-still-be-on.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}