{"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":"DPMQs: Don't Talk About Farage","slug":"dpmqs-don-t-talk-about-farage","published_at":"2026-07-08T13:31:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/dpmqs-don-t-talk-about-farage","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesredbox/episodes/dpmqs-dont-talk-about-farage","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6a4e51460be8a67717a2b045/media.mp3","summary":"In the penultimate PMQs before the summer recess, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy and Shadow Housing Secretary James Cleverly face off in the Commons - but with questions hanging over Nigel Farage's future, there's surprisingly little mention of the Reform UK leader... Ed Vaizey is joined by Lara Spirit and Matthew Syed to unpack the exchanges from the House of Commons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In the penultimate PMQs before the summer recess, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy and Shadow Housing Secretary James Cleverly face off in the Commons -…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2779,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-unpacked-1085638/episodes/dpmqs-don-t-talk-about-farage/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/dpmqs-don-t-talk-about-farage.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}