{"podcast":{"title":"Stateside with Kai and Carter","slug":"stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609","podcast_index_feed_id":7845609,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/stateside-with-kai-and-carter","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c/1777551850775-938db07e-46a9-4185-9bdb-724602b6bdd7.jpeg","author":"The Guardian","episode_count":30,"summary":"The news is stressful. Talking about it doesn’t have to be. Join The Guardian’s Kai Wright and Carter Sherman for conversations with the best journalists and biggest thinkers. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:20:55.335272+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609"},"episode":{"title":"Hantavirus isn’t the next Covid. But here's why we should actually worry","slug":"hantavirus-isn-t-the-next-covid-but-here-s-why-we-should-actually-worry","published_at":"2026-05-18T21:06:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/hantavirus-isn-t-the-next-covid-but-here-s-why-we-should-actually-worry","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/stateside","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c/e/6a0b6d98638f66a7dfb1ba39/media.mp3","summary":"All month, people all over the world have been nervously watching as the Hantavirus spread aboard a cruise ship called the MV Hondius. Three people from the ship died and as the virus spread to other passengers, people wondered – is this the next pandemic? It isn't. But as Guardian health correspondent  Melody Schreiber  tells host  Kai Wright , the outbreak revealed how Trump's cuts to government funding for public health and a climate of rampant misinformation have affected our readiness for the next pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"All month, people all over the world have been nervously watching as the Hantavirus spread aboard a cruise ship called the MV Hondius. Three people from t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2201,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/episodes/hantavirus-isn-t-the-next-covid-but-here-s-why-we-should-actually-worry/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/hantavirus-isn-t-the-next-covid-but-here-s-why-we-should-actually-worry.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}