{"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":"Why Has Defence Secretary John Healey Resigned?","slug":"why-has-defence-secretary-john-healey-resigned","published_at":"2026-06-11T18:49:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363/why-has-defence-secretary-john-healey-resigned","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nq8m70","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nrjhv8.mp3","summary":"Today, the UK Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned. In his resignation letter to the PM, Healey set out his reasons for leaving, telling the PM the defence investment plan \"falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time”. The sixth minister to resign for Starmer’s cabinet in a month, and one of its most loyal, the question will now turn to what lies ahead for the PM. Adam and Chris are joined by Shashank Joshi Defence Editor of the Economist 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 Anna Harris and Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was . The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.","meta_description":"Today, the UK Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned. In his resignation letter to the PM, Healey set out his reasons for leaving, telling the PM the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1885,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/newscast-1065363/episodes/why-has-defence-secretary-john-healey-resigned/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363/why-has-defence-secretary-john-healey-resigned.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}