{"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":"Labour's Trade Union Problem","slug":"labour-s-trade-union-problem","published_at":"2026-06-01T13:31:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/labour-s-trade-union-problem","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesredbox/episodes/labours-trade-union-problem","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6a1d89a7893d35377df5404d/media.mp3","summary":"Polling suggests that union members are just as likely to support Reform UK as they are to back Labour. Is Nigel Farage now leader of the 'party of the working class'? Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Libby Purves and Patrick Kidd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Polling suggests that union members are just as likely to support Reform UK as they are to back Labour. Is Nigel Farage now leader of the 'party of the wo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2075,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-unpacked-1085638/episodes/labour-s-trade-union-problem/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/labour-s-trade-union-problem.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}