{"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 Is This Heatwave So Much Worse?","slug":"why-is-this-heatwave-so-much-worse","published_at":"2026-06-25T16:51:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363/why-is-this-heatwave-so-much-worse","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newscast-1065363","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ntfdqs","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nv49n5.mp3","summary":"Today is the hottest June day on record in the UK. A temperature of 36.4C has been recorded in Somerset. This beats the previous record, set just yesterday. A red weather warning for extreme heat has been extended into Friday for parts of the country, and at least six NHS trusts in England have declared critical incidents. Adam is joined by the BBC’s Climate Editor, Justin Rowlatt, and Professor Ed Hawkins MBE, climate scientist at the University of Reading. And, how optimistic are business leaders for the next government? Adam speaks to BBC Business Editor, Simon Jack. 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 and Anna Harris with Ellie House. 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":"Today is the hottest June day on record in the UK. A temperature of 36.4C has been recorded in Somerset. This beats the previous record, set just yesterda…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2046,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/newscast-1065363/episodes/why-is-this-heatwave-so-much-worse/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-is-this-heatwave-so-much-worse.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}