{"podcast":{"title":"Stop The Press!","slug":"stop-the-press-7108617","podcast_index_feed_id":7108617,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2425882.rss","website_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2425882","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/lnzlmvjb5nzhfwgp29k6soc3mkbw?.jpg","author":"Nick Copson, Bill Martin, Rob Chadwick","episode_count":34,"summary":"The podcast where journalism, politics and the media industry collide. Listen to Bill Martin, Nick Copson, and Rob Chadwick as they go from current affairs to investigative storytelling, from where news and media came from, to where it's heading, we explore the forces shaping how information is reported, consumed, and manipulated in today's fast-paced digital age.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T00:18:25.620828+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stop-the-press-7108617"},"episode":{"title":"16: Silly season 2025... or was it? What happened in the news this summer","slug":"16-silly-season-2025-or-was-it-what-happened-in-the-news-this-summer","published_at":"2025-10-22T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stop-the-press-7108617/16-silly-season-2025-or-was-it-what-happened-in-the-news-this-summer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stop-the-press-7108617","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2425882/episodes/18055960-16-silly-season-2025-or-was-it-what-happened-in-the-news-this-summer.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2425882/episodes/18055960-16-silly-season-2025-or-was-it-what-happened-in-the-news-this-summer.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail While the rest of Britain was busy incinerating sausages and arguing over who forgot the sun cream, Westminster went one better and set itself on fire. What’s usually the media’s quiet season — when journos are forced to turn “seagull steals chip” into a front-page exclusive — turned into a summer blockbuster of political scandals, power plays and panic stations. In this episode of Stop The Press!, we look back at the UK’s summer of 2025: the non-stories that filled the airwa...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail While the rest of Britain was busy incinerating sausages and arguing over who forgot the sun cream, Westminster went one better and set i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2205,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stop-the-press-7108617/episodes/16-silly-season-2025-or-was-it-what-happened-in-the-news-this-summer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stop-the-press-7108617/16-silly-season-2025-or-was-it-what-happened-in-the-news-this-summer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}