{"podcast":{"title":"Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards","slug":"rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873","podcast_index_feed_id":232873,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69c2c5dafce4b829c58d1726","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69c2c5dafce4b829c58d1726/show-cover.png","author":"Podmasters","episode_count":429,"summary":"Based on his live one-man show Rock & Roll Politics, the broadcaster and author Steve Richards takes a weekly behind-the-scenes tour of UK politics and the media that shapes the way we view the epic political dramas. The future is ridiculously unpredictable and the past is so easy to misread. Subscribe to your weekly guide through seismic times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T12:20:43.076078+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873"},"episode":{"title":"Does it matter any more if a by-election candidate is out of their depth?","slug":"does-it-matter-any-more-if-a-by-election-candidate-is-out-of-their-depth","published_at":"2026-06-09T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/does-it-matter-any-more-if-a-by-election-candidate-is-out-of-their-depth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873","url":"https://shows.acast.com/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards/episodes/does-it-matter-any-more-if-a-by-election-candidate-is-out-of","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69c2c5dafce4b829c58d1726/e/6a26d1a4ce924c5f2959a223/media.mp3","summary":"The Reform candidate in the historic Makerfield by- election has struggled to answer obvious questions about policy and his own social media comments. In today’s dangerous anti-politics mood could this be an advantage for him? To join in the never-ending debate in the Rock & Roll Politics co-operative, email steveric14@icloud.com Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free.  Dates for the diary: Rock & Roll Politics is live at the Ropetackle Arts Centre in Shoreham on Wednesday July 1st. Tickets on the Ropetackle website . An extra Rock & Roll Politics Special is live at Kings Place in London on Monday July 13th - added in light of dramas that will follow the Makerfield by- election. Get your tickets here . Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The Reform candidate in the historic Makerfield by- election has struggled to answer obvious questions about policy and his own social media comments. In…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2227,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/episodes/does-it-matter-any-more-if-a-by-election-candidate-is-out-of-their-depth/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rock-roll-politics-with-steve-richards-232873/does-it-matter-any-more-if-a-by-election-candidate-is-out-of-their-depth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}