{"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 Week: The Price Of The Iran War","slug":"the-week-the-price-of-the-iran-war","published_at":"2026-04-30T20:18:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363/the-week-the-price-of-the-iran-war","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nh7myl","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nhp1bm.mp3","summary":"Today, after a week of warning’s from the government over the financial impact of the war in Iran - is the reality starting to hit home? Adam, Chris and Faisal are joined by Ailbhe Rea Political Editor of the New Statesman to discuss how the financial effects could be felt all over the country? It comes after the Bank of England warns interest rates could rise this year following a “significant energy price shock”. And, with economic uncertainty looking set to continue - could this put off Labour MPs from launching a challenge to Keir Starmer? 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 presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Jem Westgate. The social producer was Gabriel Purcell-Davis . The technical producer was . The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.","meta_description":"Today, after a week of warning’s from the government over the financial impact of the war in Iran - is the reality starting to hit home? Adam, Chris and F…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1947,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/newscast-1065363/episodes/the-week-the-price-of-the-iran-war/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-week-the-price-of-the-iran-war.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}