{"podcast":{"title":"Off Air with Jane & Fi","slug":"off-air-with-jane-fi-5727711","podcast_index_feed_id":5727711,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/633c203337c97b00125ed1f3","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/off-air-with-jane-and-fi","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/633c203337c97b00125ed1f3/1773053808479-7b1acffd-9d91-42a7-ad9f-627736c98038.jpeg","author":"The Times","episode_count":804,"summary":"Two friends, too many opinions. Get an unfiltered look at the ups and downs of life with Jane Garvey and Fi Glover, the kind of conversations that only happen Off Air. If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio and follow our antics away from the mic on Instagram: @janeandfi Follow Off Air with Jane & Fi wherever you get your podcasts and join us on Times Radio every Monday to Thursday afternoon between 2pm and 4pm on DAB, smart speaker and the Times Radio app: www.thetimes.com/radio/live Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T06:18:44.074480+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-air-with-jane-fi-5727711"},"episode":{"title":"1940s jiggery-pokery from a public kiosk (with Samira Ahmed)","slug":"1940s-jiggery-pokery-from-a-public-kiosk-with-samira-ahmed","published_at":"2026-06-23T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-air-with-jane-fi-5727711/1940s-jiggery-pokery-from-a-public-kiosk-with-samira-ahmed","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-air-with-jane-fi-5727711","url":"https://shows.acast.com/off-air-with-jane-and-fi/episodes/1940s-jiggery-pokery-from-a-public-kiosk-with-samira-ahmed","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633c203337c97b00125ed1f3/e/6a3aa7a3bfa92390373df8e2/media.mp3","summary":"The heatwave has sent Times Towers temperatures plummeting, meaning a special garment has had to be deployed... Jane and Fi chat about automated bell ringers, travelling diarrhoea, a bounty of bath plugs, par-boiling sausages, and it's someone's special day... Plus, journalist Samira Ahmed discusses her new book 'A Hard Day's Night'. You can buy tickets for Fringe by the Sea: https://www.fringebythesea.com/off-air-with-jane-fi-and-special-guest-jan-ravens/ Our next book club pick will be a collection of short stories! 'Interpreter of Maladies' is by Jhumpa Lahiri.  You can check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@OffAirWithJaneAndFi Our new playlist 'Coiled Spring' is up and running: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tmoCpbp42ae7R1UY8ofza Our most asked about book is called 'The Later Years' by Peter Thornton. If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The heatwave has sent Times Towers temperatures plummeting, meaning a special garment has had to be deployed... Jane and Fi chat about automated bell ring…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3751,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/off-air-with-jane-fi-5727711/episodes/1940s-jiggery-pokery-from-a-public-kiosk-with-samira-ahmed/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-air-with-jane-fi-5727711/1940s-jiggery-pokery-from-a-public-kiosk-with-samira-ahmed.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}