{"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":"Has Labour Left The Country In Stasis?","slug":"has-labour-left-the-country-in-stasis","published_at":"2026-06-26T13:56:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/has-labour-left-the-country-in-stasis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesredbox/episodes/has-labour-left-the-country-in-stasis","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6a3e84f413f23e0ab62e24ce/media.mp3","summary":"Andy Burnham is the de-facto prime minister - has the Labour Party left the country in stasis while we wait for him to arrive in Downing Street? And why is an immigration minister arguing in public with the home secretary, and not getting the sack?  Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Alys Denby and Michael Binyon. You can hear more of Ed on Times Radio every Friday, 10am-1pm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Andy Burnham is the de-facto prime minister - has the Labour Party left the country in stasis while we wait for him to arrive in Downing Street? And why i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1990,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-unpacked-1085638/episodes/has-labour-left-the-country-in-stasis/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/has-labour-left-the-country-in-stasis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}