{"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":"Claudette Colvin, Ian Balding, Gerry Gable, Bob Weir, Juliet Robertson","slug":"claudette-colvin-ian-balding-gerry-gable-bob-weir-juliet-robertson","published_at":"2026-01-16T16:25:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243/claudette-colvin-ian-balding-gerry-gable-bob-weir-juliet-robertson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-word-1033243","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002pqgs","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0mvdqj5.mp3","summary":"Matthew Bannister on Claudette Colvin the American civil rights campaigner who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, nine months before Rosa Parks’ celebrated protest. Ian Balding, the racehorse trainer who saddled many winners for Queen Elizabeth II. Gerry Gable, the anti-fascist activist and co-founder of Searchlight magazine, who wasn’t afraid to break the law in his relentless pursuit of the far right. Juliet Robertson, the Scottish educationalist who was a passionate advocate for outdoor teaching. And a tribute to Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir from Don Felder of The Eagles. Interviewee: Brough Scott Interviewee: Andy Bell Interviewee: Don Felder Interviewee: David Cameron Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies Assistant Producer: Catherine Powell Researcher: Jazz George Editor: Glyn Tansley Archive used: Claudette Colvin interview, Outlook, BBC World Service, 23/02/2018; The Epsom Derby, Commentary, BBC One, 02/06/1971; Ian Balding interview, A View from the Boundary, BBC Radio 4, 26/07/2003; Gerry Gable, Witness History, BBC World Service, 12/10/2021; The Light and The Darkness War - documentary, BBC Radio 4, 16/03/1995; Life, Death and the Outdoors with Juliet Robertson, Scotland Outdoors, BBC Radio Scotland, 24/09/2025;","meta_description":"Matthew Bannister on Claudette Colvin the American civil rights campaigner who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, nine months before Rosa Pa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1664,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/last-word-1033243/episodes/claudette-colvin-ian-balding-gerry-gable-bob-weir-juliet-robertson/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/claudette-colvin-ian-balding-gerry-gable-bob-weir-juliet-robertson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}