{"podcast":{"title":"Last Word","slug":"last-word-1033243","podcast_index_feed_id":1033243,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/b006qpmv.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpmv","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0m2f7mv.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":571,"summary":"Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T04:20:11.985389+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243"},"episode":{"title":"Andy Kershaw, Dame Averil Cameron, Dr Judith Rapoport, Desmond Morris","slug":"andy-kershaw-dame-averil-cameron-dr-judith-rapoport-desmond-morris","published_at":"2026-04-24T15:28:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/andy-kershaw-dame-averil-cameron-dr-judith-rapoport-desmond-morris","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002vc55","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0ngckns.mp3","summary":"Matthew Bannister on Andy Kershaw, the radio DJ who championed world music, traversing the globe to bring new and eclectic sounds to a mainstream audience. For a time he was roadie to Billy Bragg who recalls their life on the road together. Dame Averil Cameron, the leading historian who re-shaped our understanding of the Byzantine empire. Her friend, Professor Mary Beard, pays tribute. Dr Judith Rapoport, the child psychiatrist who challenged received wisdom about obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD. And the zoologist, author, artist and TV presenter Desmond Morris, best known for his provocative 1967 bestselling book The Naked Ape. Producer: Catherine Powell Assisstant Producer: Ribika Moktan Researcher: Jesse Edwards Editor: Andrea Kennedy Archive Michael Parkinson, BBC 1, 06/10/69; Michael Parkinson, BBC 1, 07/11/81; The Evolution of The Naked Ape: Archive on 4, BBC Radio 4 18/04/2026; The Likely Lads, BBC 2; The Time of Your Life, BBC 1, 06/08/85; Timewatch: Verdict on the Shroud, BBC 2, 27/07/88; Andy Kershaw Show, BBC Radio 1, 11/05/90; Andy Kershaw Show, BBC Radio 1, 24/09/95; Andy Kershaw Show, BBC Radio 1, 16/03/98; The Hermit Kingdom (North Korea), BBC Radio 3, 28/12/03; Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 08/10/04; Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 11/03/07; Judith Rapoport on Dimensional Research in Mental Illness, YouTube, 25/06/13; \"Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia\" With Judith Rapoport, M.D., YouTube, 12/09/13; A History of the World in 100 Objects : The Rise of World Faiths (200 - 600 AD) : Hinton St Mary Mosaic, BBC Radio 4, 11/03/21;","meta_description":"Matthew Bannister on Andy Kershaw, the radio DJ who championed world music, traversing the globe to bring new and eclectic sounds to a mainstream audience…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1665,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/last-word-1033243/episodes/andy-kershaw-dame-averil-cameron-dr-judith-rapoport-desmond-morris/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/andy-kershaw-dame-averil-cameron-dr-judith-rapoport-desmond-morris.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}