{"podcast":{"title":"Politics Unpacked","slug":"politics-unpacked-1085638","podcast_index_feed_id":1085638,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/92a301e1-443b-435f-b4e2-2e2dd1e37fc5","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/red-box","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0ebd1a8cbe463c3cf145/1779976003116-ed1dcadd-0f8b-434a-92f1-7b662a3ffd8c.jpeg","author":"Anna Covell","episode_count":1992,"summary":"Hugo Rifkind unpacks the the politics of the day - and the stuff that's even more important - with the brightest brains from the Times and Sunday Times. You can listen to Hugo on DAB, smart speaker or app 10am-1pm Monday to Friday. If you like what you hear, then read more at http://www.thetimes.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T04:17:13.496823+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638"},"episode":{"title":"Burnham's Countdown, Farage's Gifts and Labour's Bros","slug":"burnham-s-countdown-farage-s-gifts-and-labour-s-bros","published_at":"2026-07-13T13:29:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/burnham-s-countdown-farage-s-gifts-and-labour-s-bros","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesredbox/episodes/burnhams-countdown-farages-gifts-and-labours-bros","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6a54e81f08f5afd13408774e/media.mp3","summary":"Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Seb Payne and Janice Turner.  Are Andy Burnham's plans for government really ready? Do voters think Nigel Farage has behaved incorrectly over undeclared  gifts? And is Labour's woman problem worse than it realises? You can hear more of Hugo on Times Radio from Monday to Thursday, 10am-1pm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Seb Payne and Janice Turner. Are Andy Burnham's plans for government really ready? Do voters think…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2068,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-unpacked-1085638/episodes/burnham-s-countdown-farage-s-gifts-and-labour-s-bros/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/burnham-s-countdown-farage-s-gifts-and-labour-s-bros.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}