{"podcast":{"title":"Standard Issue Podcast","slug":"standard-issue-podcast-628324","podcast_index_feed_id":628324,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/AUDD5748360956","website_url":"https://standardissuepodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a38df0fe-c67d-11ee-9e10-2b2c838e3b8c/image/d657d77e583f0d3d2434906840789821.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Standard Issue","episode_count":1386,"summary":"By women. For women. About everything. Standard Issue is a podcast championing women's voices, and packed with interviews, news, film, opinion and humour. For advertising enquiries, email sales@auddy.co","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T12:17:52.495418+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-issue-podcast-628324"},"episode":{"title":"Protecting our elderly, with Kate Snell","slug":"protecting-our-elderly-with-kate-snell","published_at":"2026-05-01T01:36:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-issue-podcast-628324/protecting-our-elderly-with-kate-snell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-issue-podcast-628324","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AUDD1949596115.mp3?updated=1777581372","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AUDD1949596115.mp3?updated=1777581372","summary":"David Barton, a Southport-based care home owner who preyed on wealthy, elderly residents to fund a lavish lifestyle, was jailed for 21 years in 2018. In today's podcast, Hannah chats to Kate Snell about her new book, The Care Home Swindler, which recounts Barton's case, and why, at a time where we don't always respect the elderly, it remains important. Kate's book is available to buy here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-care-home-swindler/kate-snell/9781408723425 More about supporting Standard Issue here: Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"David Barton, a Southport-based care home owner who preyed on wealthy, elderly residents to fund a lavish lifestyle, was jailed for 21 years in 2018. In t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1481,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/standard-issue-podcast-628324/episodes/protecting-our-elderly-with-kate-snell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-issue-podcast-628324/protecting-our-elderly-with-kate-snell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}