{"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":"The Psychodrama Is Back","slug":"the-psychodrama-is-back","published_at":"2026-05-12T13:48:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638/the-psychodrama-is-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-unpacked-1085638","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesredbox/episodes/the-psychodrama-is-back","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesredbox/e/6a032faca257c57500b3adc4/media.mp3","summary":"Keir Starmer insists he's staying on in Downing Street, but an increasing number of his ministers and MPs disagree. What happened to the promise that politics would tread more lightly on our lives?  Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Charlotte Ivers, James Marriott and Theo Bertram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Keir Starmer insists he's staying on in Downing Street, but an increasing number of his ministers and MPs disagree. What happened to the promise that poli…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2099,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-unpacked-1085638/episodes/the-psychodrama-is-back/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/the-psychodrama-is-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}