{"podcast":{"title":"Newscast","slug":"newscast-1065363","podcast_index_feed_id":1065363,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p05299nl.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05299nl","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0l7jnc6.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":2000,"summary":"The BBC's daily news podcast, Newscast dives into the day's biggest news stories so you're never out of your depth. Newscast picks the brains of BBC News experts so you're ready if someone picks yours, covering the latest news, developments in politics in Westminster and beyond. Newscast is hosted by trusted politics and news journalists including Adam Fleming, BBC Political Editor Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O'Connell. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say \"Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. Catch Newscast seven-days a week and watch on BBC One at 23:40 on Thursday night or later on BBC iPlayer. GET IN TOUCH: Send us a message or voicenote via WhatsApp to 03301239480 Email newscast@bbc.co.uk Join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Or use the hashtag #BBCNewscast","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T10:20:02.701814+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363"},"episode":{"title":"Fight or Go? Keir Starmer Considers His Next Move","slug":"fight-or-go-keir-starmer-considers-his-next-move","published_at":"2026-06-20T16:23:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363/fight-or-go-keir-starmer-considers-his-next-move","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nt55l1","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nt5lnd.mp3","summary":"Insiders have told Laura that the Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has joined a list of people who’ve told Keir Starmer to set out a timetable for his departure. He's at Chequers - the PM’s retreat - considering his next move as talk of fighting a leadership challenge quietens. Laura and Paddy unpack the shift in mood, and question whether Andy Burnham can appeal to voters outside the North West. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say \"Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn and Maddie Drury. The social producer was Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.","meta_description":"Insiders have told Laura that the Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has joined a list of people who’ve told Keir Starmer to set out a timetable for his depa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1928,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/newscast-1065363/episodes/fight-or-go-keir-starmer-considers-his-next-move/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363/fight-or-go-keir-starmer-considers-his-next-move.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}