{"podcast":{"title":"How To Academy Podcast","slug":"how-to-academy-podcast-460186","podcast_index_feed_id":460186,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NSR3811872066","website_url":"http://www.howtoacademy.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/88d11174-a83f-11eb-9eac-4b3226c749ec/image/New_Series_Image_2.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"How To Academy","episode_count":530,"summary":"How To Academy is London's home of big thinking. From Nobel laureates to Pulitzer Prize winners, we invite the world’s most influential voices to share new ideas for changing ourselves, our communities, and the world. Our biweekly podcast is your chance to hear in-depth from the most exciting thinkers in global culture.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T04:18:57.196930+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-academy-podcast-460186"},"episode":{"title":"George Osborn — Video Games, Politics, and the Battle for Influence","slug":"george-osborn-video-games-politics-and-the-battle-for-influence","published_at":"2026-07-14T12:47:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-academy-podcast-460186/george-osborn-video-games-politics-and-the-battle-for-influence","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-academy-podcast-460186","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2756703236.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2756703236.mp3","summary":"Video games are far more than an entertainment product: they connect people across the globe, creating digital communities capable of shaping reality. And bad actors across the world are keenly aware of their power. Saudi Arabia is spending tens of billions of dollars acquiring video games businesses to wash its reputation. Russia has funded video game development to help spread disinformation about the war in Ukraine. Steve Bannon utilised tactics deployed by online video game communities to propel Donald Trump into the White House. In this episode of the podcast, industry insider George Osborn joins us to highlight what democracies must do to protect and harness the immense power of play before the essential battle for digital influence is lost for good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Video games are far more than an entertainment product: they connect people across the globe, creating digital communities capable of shaping reality. And…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2824,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-to-academy-podcast-460186/episodes/george-osborn-video-games-politics-and-the-battle-for-influence/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-academy-podcast-460186/george-osborn-video-games-politics-and-the-battle-for-influence.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}