{"podcast":{"title":"Pod Save the UK","slug":"pod-save-the-uk-6318799","podcast_index_feed_id":6318799,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166011.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166011","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43625311/s=1400x1400/el=1/rt=fill.png","author":"Pod Save the UK","episode_count":163,"summary":"Pod Save the UK is your weekly fix of political news, big ideas and a shot of inspiration. Each week hosts, comedian Nish Kumar and journalist Coco Khan are joined by politicians, experts, and famous friends to unpick the latest news, look for solutions, and inspire action. From Crooked Media – the creators of Pod Save America – tune in to new episodes of Pod Save the UK every Thursday wherever you pod.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799"},"episode":{"title":"Who Really Owns Britain? w/Hettie O’Brien. Plus: We Read Tony Blair So You Don’t Have To","slug":"who-really-owns-britain-w-hettie-o-brien-plus-we-read-tony-blair-so-you-don-t-have-to","published_at":"2026-05-28T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799/who-really-owns-britain-w-hettie-o-brien-plus-we-read-tony-blair-so-you-don-t-have-to","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8908534","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/arttrk.com/p/CRMDA/mgln.ai/e/284/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8908534.mp3?modified=1779903163&sid=5166011&source=rss","summary":"This week, Nish and Coco head back to Makerfield, where the by-election campaign is already turning into a political demolition derby; Andy Burnham is just ahead of Reform, the far right is fighting itself, Elon Musk has wandered into the discourse, and Nigel Farage has reappeared after questions over his £5 million gift. Plus: they’re joined by Hettie O’Brien, journalist and author of The Asset Class, to break down how private equity quietly bought up the services we rely on, from nurseries and care homes to vets and water companies, and why that matters for the broken economy we’re all living in. GUESTS Hettie O'Brien, journalist and author of The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned Capitalism Against Itself USEFUL LINKS Amnesty Report | Like a snowball: the growth and impact of the gender critical movement in the UK Tony Blair Article | The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country by CLIP CREDITS Carol Vorderman via Instagram, (@carolvorders) CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS VANTA: https://www.vanta.com/PSTUK SHOPIFY: https://shopify.co.uk/podsavetheuk AURA FRAMES: https://www.auraframes.com Code: PSTUK BT: Search ‘Why BT’ to find out more. Pod Save the UK is an Intelligence Squared production for Crooked Media. Get in touch - contact us via email: podsavetheuk@crooked.com Like and follow us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUK Instagram: https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/podsavetheuk X: https://x.com/podsavetheuk","meta_description":"This week, Nish and Coco head back to Makerfield, where the by-election campaign is already turning into a political demolition derby; Andy Burnham is jus…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4001,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pod-save-the-uk-6318799/episodes/who-really-owns-britain-w-hettie-o-brien-plus-we-read-tony-blair-so-you-don-t-have-to/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799/who-really-owns-britain-w-hettie-o-brien-plus-we-read-tony-blair-so-you-don-t-have-to.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}