{"podcast":{"title":"Holy Smoke","slug":"holy-smoke-637985","podcast_index_feed_id":637985,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6835905c2780b226c72e9d0d","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4905584-holy-smoke","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6835905c2780b226c72e9d0d/1784644193676-15771d02-c401-4dea-aff4-c3af43bd06c3.jpeg","author":"The Spectator","episode_count":236,"summary":"The most important and controversial topics in world religion, thoroughly dissected by a range of high profile guests. Presented by Damian Thompson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T10:17:18.971180+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/holy-smoke-637985"},"episode":{"title":"One year of Pope Leo – a promising start?","slug":"one-year-of-pope-leo-a-promising-start","published_at":"2026-05-12T12:17:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/holy-smoke-637985/one-year-of-pope-leo-a-promising-start","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/holy-smoke-637985","url":"https://shows.acast.com/holy-smoke/episodes/one-year-of-pope-leo-a-promising-start","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6835905c2780b226c72e9d0d/e/6a031a4937a1e7308df3d0fd/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=D9eSUCAfhC6OMW9y4u8iLbrb9PJqVNjy0Jumc_IZr3Y","summary":"One year on from when Pope Leo became head of the Catholic church and he remains a bit of an enigma. Is he a Conservative or Liberal? What did we learn from his clash with Donald Trump? Damian Thompson is joined by editor of The Pillar Ed Condon and two Spectator favourites – Freddy Gray and Mary Wakefield. Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more. For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts . Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"One year on from when Pope Leo became head of the Catholic church and he remains a bit of an enigma. Is he a Conservative or Liberal? What did we learn fr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2259,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/holy-smoke-637985/episodes/one-year-of-pope-leo-a-promising-start/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/holy-smoke-637985/one-year-of-pope-leo-a-promising-start.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}