{"podcast":{"title":"Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan","slug":"inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151","podcast_index_feed_id":1630151,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9","website_url":"http://www.irishtimes.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/1787742184135-b89ca198-3992-421e-8cbf-ec58055b84d5.jpeg","author":"Declan Conlon","episode_count":1069,"summary":"The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T04:22:20.571000+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151"},"episode":{"title":"P aul Mason on communism, China and the crisis of the left","slug":"p-aul-mason-on-communism-china-and-the-crisis-of-the-left","published_at":"2026-09-07T10:34:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/p-aul-mason-on-communism-china-and-the-crisis-of-the-left","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151","url":"https://shows.acast.com/inside-politics-2/episodes/paul-mason","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a9e82f0d024784c9962484c/media.mp3","summary":"British journalist Paul Mason talks to Hugh about his new book Reds: A Global History of Communism. The book traces communism’s story from early human egalitarian impulses to modern China’s controlled capitalist system.  Mason talks to Hugh about what drew him to Trotskyism as a young man, his current politics as a left-wing social democrat and his concerns about democracy under threat. He explains his own break with Corbynism.  Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbox? Sign up for Denis Staunton's Global Briefing newsletter here: irishtimes.com/newsletters/global-briefing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"British journalist Paul Mason talks to Hugh about his new book Reds: A Global History of Communism. The book traces communism’s story from early human ega…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2757,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/episodes/p-aul-mason-on-communism-china-and-the-crisis-of-the-left/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/p-aul-mason-on-communism-china-and-the-crisis-of-the-left.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}