{"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":"The Most Expensive World Cup Ever? (With Football Daily, Part 3)","slug":"the-most-expensive-world-cup-ever-with-football-daily-part-3","published_at":"2026-06-05T11:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363/the-most-expensive-world-cup-ever-with-football-daily-part-3","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nq9d1x","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nq9cbq.mp3","summary":"We’ve got together with Americast and Football Daily for three special episodes on what could be the most political World Cup ever. How much will Donald Trump make it about him? Will the US-Iran war affect the tournament? And why are tickets so expensive? We tell you everything you need to know about what’s going on off the pitch. Anthony Zurcher and Marianna Spring join from Americast, and 5 Live football commentary legend John Murray is on from Football Daily. In this episode we look at why tickets are so expensive, who’s making money from them, and whether the hosts are actually ready. Listen to Americast here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07h19zz Listen to Football Daily here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p02nrsln The presenters were Adam Fleming, Anthony Zurcher, John Murray, and Marianna Spring. This episode was made by Ellie House. The series producer was Chris Flynn. The social producer was Jem Westgate. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.","meta_description":"We’ve got together with Americast and Football Daily for three special episodes on what could be the most political World Cup ever. How much will Donald T…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1905,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/newscast-1065363/episodes/the-most-expensive-world-cup-ever-with-football-daily-part-3/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363/the-most-expensive-world-cup-ever-with-football-daily-part-3.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}