{"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":"PMQs: Starmer's Not So Lucky DIP","slug":"pmqs-starmer-s-not-so-lucky-dip","published_at":"2026-07-01T13:25:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/pmqs-starmer-s-not-so-lucky-dip","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesredbox/episodes/pmqs-starmers-not-so-lucky-dip","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6a45154306fb5d326d95093c/media.mp3","summary":"Kemi Badenoch accuses Keir Starmer of leaving defence spending in a mess for Andy Burnham, but Starmer blames the Tories for underfunding the military when they were in government.  Hugo Rifkind unpacks the exchanges with Patrick Maguire, Stefan Boscia and comedian Alisdair Beckett-King.  You can hear more of Hugo on Times Radio from Monday to Thursday, 10am-1pm.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Kemi Badenoch accuses Keir Starmer of leaving defence spending in a mess for Andy Burnham, but Starmer blames the Tories for underfunding the military whe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2546,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-unpacked-1085638/episodes/pmqs-starmer-s-not-so-lucky-dip/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/pmqs-starmer-s-not-so-lucky-dip.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}