{"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":"Is Burnham Really A Man Of The People?","slug":"is-burnham-really-a-man-of-the-people","published_at":"2026-05-22T14:00:35+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/is-burnham-really-a-man-of-the-people","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesredbox/episodes/is-burnham-really-a-man-of-the-people","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6a10618311eba3cf15ab5ebf/media.mp3","summary":"Andy Burnham has officially launched his campaign to be Makerfield's next MP, which he hopes will propel him to Downing Street. How can a Cambridge-educated former cabinet minister make the case that he's taking on the political establishment? Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Alys Denby and Michael Binyon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Andy Burnham has officially launched his campaign to be Makerfield's next MP, which he hopes will propel him to Downing Street. How can a Cambridge-educat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1800,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-unpacked-1085638/episodes/is-burnham-really-a-man-of-the-people/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/is-burnham-really-a-man-of-the-people.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}