{"podcast":{"title":"Quiet Riot","slug":"quiet-riot-6918110","podcast_index_feed_id":6918110,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/quietriot","website_url":"https://quietriotpod.com/#fe214801-0dbb-4a0b-a350-1179b7b0c829","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2fdabef8-fe5e-11ee-89c0-bfa4c9318158/image/0417dc6bf5446780aa17e086bd6af2c7.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Cooler Heads","episode_count":326,"summary":"Quiet Riot, the politics podcast with more passion, less shouting and lots of laughter","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T14:17:54.705934+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quiet-riot-6918110"},"episode":{"title":"B-SIDE: Too Hot for Politics","slug":"b-side-too-hot-for-politics","published_at":"2026-06-26T04:31:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quiet-riot-6918110/b-side-too-hot-for-politics","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quiet-riot-6918110","url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/quietriot","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7554222957.mp3","summary":"It's been a bit of a scorcher this week (unless you're in Scotland with Kenny) and thus a good time to ask what politics can do about climate change. Naomi, Kenny and Alex take it one step further and ask whether politics is even capable of dealing with climate change. It's literally the hottest topic of our times, so why are things in such a pickle? Plus something a bit lighter from the cupboard where we keep Grin And Share It, Wokey Dokey and our other much-loved features. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** • Grin And Share It – that ⁠Income For The Arts⁠ scheme joy • We have put together a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BLUESKY STARTER PACK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, if you would like to join us there • Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠quietriotpod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • Or visit our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.quietriotpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • Cover art based on Wikimedia image by Terry Ott from Washington, DC Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"It's been a bit of a scorcher this week (unless you're in Scotland with Kenny) and thus a good time to ask what politics can do about climate change. Naom…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2744,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/quiet-riot-6918110/episodes/b-side-too-hot-for-politics/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/quiet-riot-6918110/b-side-too-hot-for-politics.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}