{"podcast":{"title":"Oxford Policy Pod","slug":"oxford-policy-pod-1217253","podcast_index_feed_id":1217253,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/oxfordpolicypod/","website_url":"https://oxfordpolicypod.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/207a37e4-f53f-49ea-a4fa-dbd21674f6a0/-wzfp-p29-bcpj9rdxu-l7fj.png","author":"Students at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University","episode_count":137,"summary":"A bi-weekly policy podcast based out of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. The Oxford Policy Pod explores pressing policy issues around the globe and is produced by students reading for a Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. The podcast explores contemporary policy challenges that policymakers face all over the world, and taps into the rich diversity of policy experience and insights of the student body and faculty. The podcast is supported by the staff of the Blavatnik School of Government. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the students, speakers and featured guests only. They do not represent the views or position of featured organisations, or the Blavatnik School of Government and the University of Oxford. To keep up with the latest on our episodes, follow us on Instagram @OxfordPolicyPod_ and Twitter @OxfordPolicyPod.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T06:18:25.582004+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oxford-policy-pod-1217253"},"episode":{"title":"Between Giants: How Small Caribbean States Can Respond to Global Shocks | Hon. Mark Brantley","slug":"between-giants-how-small-caribbean-states-can-respond-to-global-shocks-hon-mark-brantley","published_at":"2026-05-01T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oxford-policy-pod-1217253/between-giants-how-small-caribbean-states-can-respond-to-global-shocks-hon-mark-brantley","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oxford-policy-pod-1217253","url":"https://oxfordpolicypod.captivate.fm/episode/between-giants-how-small-caribbean-states-can-respond-to-global-shocks-hon-mark-brantley","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/551e769a-a4c1-4022-b136-3a021be83d19.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the Oxford Policy Pod, MPP Student from Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, Rahym R. Augustin-Joseph, sits with Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis, and Leader of the Opposition in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, in the Eastern Caribbean. Premier Brantley serves as Premier of Nevis and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Brantley previously held the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2022. Before entering politics, he built a career as an attorney engaged in international litigation. In this episode, we address the known fact, which is that the Caribbean and Small States, are deleteriously affected by global shocks between world powers, not of their making, such as climate change, wars, geopolitical tensions, policy shifts, and a growing rightward trend among states that affects migration, international multilateral assistance and the rules based order that have protected their sovereignty. However, one cannot as said in the Caribbean, ‘lay down and play dead’, but instead, the Caribbean must employ a suite of policy and diplomatic measures that can insulate them from these global shocks, while using these windows to transform their societies. This episode addresses some of these measures that Premier Brantley believes can be done, while still focusing on what he has attempted to do in Nevis to transform.","meta_description":"In this episode of the Oxford Policy Pod, MPP Student from Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, Rahym R. Augustin-Joseph, sits with Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2946,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/oxford-policy-pod-1217253/episodes/between-giants-how-small-caribbean-states-can-respond-to-global-shocks-hon-mark-brantley/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oxford-policy-pod-1217253/between-giants-how-small-caribbean-states-can-respond-to-global-shocks-hon-mark-brantley.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}