{"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 Farage In Serious Trouble?","slug":"is-farage-in-serious-trouble","published_at":"2026-07-06T13:22:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/is-farage-in-serious-trouble","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesredbox/episodes/is-farage-in-serious-trouble","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6a4bac09eea1866eb6bc3a0d/media.mp3","summary":"Nigel Farage is under pressure after The Sunday Times revealed he had not declared benefits from an ally previously convicted of fraud in the US. He denies any wrongdoing. How serious is the challenge to his leadership, and to Reform UK?  Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Libby Purves and Sebastian Payne. You can hear more of Hugo on Times Radio from Monday to Thursday, 10am-1pm And you can hear the full story of the Sunday Times revelations about Nigel Farage in a new podcast by the Insight team. It's called  Posh George: The criminal behind Farage . Listen here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Nigel Farage is under pressure after The Sunday Times revealed he had not declared benefits from an ally previously convicted of fraud in the US. He denie…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2090,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-unpacked-1085638/episodes/is-farage-in-serious-trouble/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-farage-in-serious-trouble.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}