{"podcast":{"title":"Radio National Breakfast","slug":"radio-national-breakfast-572135","podcast_index_feed_id":572135,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/2890360/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/7e958630301265f8c03c1955242be8e5.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":249,"summary":"Radio National Breakfast is Australia's only daily national radio current affairs program, synonymous with agenda-setting news coverage, breaking news and a place where you will hear the most significant stories impacting the lives of all Australians wherever they live. The full unedited daily program is available on our website at: abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T10:19:51.120438+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-national-breakfast-572135"},"episode":{"title":"Changing Australia: Shay Leighton and creating the Tough Guy Book Club","slug":"changing-australia-shay-leighton-and-creating-the-tough-guy-book-club","published_at":"2026-06-28T22:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-national-breakfast-572135/changing-australia-shay-leighton-and-creating-the-tough-guy-book-club","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-national-breakfast-572135","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/changing-oz-shay-leighton-tough-guy-book-club/106849800","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/lv/Z/n7.mp3","summary":"As a teen, a good sci-fi novel was among Shay Leighton's favourite books to read. But as he grew older and life took over; he read less, worked too much and wasn't very happy. So, he decided to start a book club, but one designed to focus on connecting men, address isolation and improve mental health. This group, the Tough Guy Book Club, first met in a pub in Melbourne in 2012 and has now become an international sensation with more than 180 chapters in Australia around the world.","meta_description":"As a teen, a good sci-fi novel was among Shay Leighton's favourite books to read. But as he grew older and life took over; he read less, worked too much a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":713,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/radio-national-breakfast-572135/episodes/changing-australia-shay-leighton-and-creating-the-tough-guy-book-club/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-national-breakfast-572135/changing-australia-shay-leighton-and-creating-the-tough-guy-book-club.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}