{"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":"Focus Group: Is Andy Burnham A 'Saint'?","slug":"focus-group-is-andy-burnham-a-saint","published_at":"2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/focus-group-is-andy-burnham-a-saint","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesredbox/episodes/focus-group-is-andy-burnham-a-saint","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/69f9f2f682781c7c45702188/media.mp3","summary":"The Times Radio Focus Group returns for the final time ahead of the local elections. JL Partners brings together 2024 Labour voters who are now on the fence — so what’s changed?  Is Keir Starmer the problem, are his potential rivals any better, or are the Greens the real beneficiaries?   Hugo Rifkind is joined by JL Partners co-founder Tom Lubbock to break it all down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The Times Radio Focus Group returns for the final time ahead of the local elections. JL Partners brings together 2024 Labour voters who are now on the fen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1433,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-unpacked-1085638/episodes/focus-group-is-andy-burnham-a-saint/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/focus-group-is-andy-burnham-a-saint.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}