{"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":"Labour MPs Move Against Starmer","slug":"labour-mps-move-against-starmer","published_at":"2026-05-11T18:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363/labour-mps-move-against-starmer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0njfwjl","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nkn7r7.mp3","summary":"Today, more Labour MPs have called for Keir Starmer to step down, but is an actual leadership challenge imminent? In a speech on Monday morning Keir Starmer vowed to prove his “doubters” wrong, but the number of Labour MPs calling him to go continues to rise. Dozens of MPs have urged Starmer either to step down immediately or set out a timetable for his departure. Adam, Chris and Alex discuss. 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 news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Jem Westgate. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.","meta_description":"Today, more Labour MPs have called for Keir Starmer to step down, but is an actual leadership challenge imminent? In a speech on Monday morning Keir Starm…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1630,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/newscast-1065363/episodes/labour-mps-move-against-starmer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363/labour-mps-move-against-starmer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}