{"podcast":{"title":"Stormont Sources","slug":"stormont-sources-7219509","podcast_index_feed_id":7219509,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/67a0e00da78c5e076777bb77","website_url":"https://stormontsources.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/67a0e00da78c5e076777bb77/1770832650513-b2585af7-4b85-4d15-929d-fd3d5f5db9f2.jpeg","author":"Shortbread Media","episode_count":83,"summary":"Welcome inside politics in Northern Ireland. Listen to the podcast which brings you analysis, insight and experience from Stormont. Join journalist, David McCann, plus Tim Cairns, a former Special Advisor to Peter Robinson and Head of Policy for the DUP and Micheal McKernan, a former Special Advisor in the SDLP worked in the Executive from 2007-2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T04:21:38.973444+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stormont-sources-7219509"},"episode":{"title":"Colum Eastwood DebatesIrish Unity","slug":"colum-eastwood-debatesirish-unity","published_at":"2026-05-21T17:08:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stormont-sources-7219509/colum-eastwood-debatesirish-unity","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stormont-sources-7219509","url":"https://www.stormontsources.com/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67a0e00da78c5e076777bb77/e/6a0f2812163f100183e4f793/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Stormont Sources, we sit down with Foyle MP and former SDLP leader Colum Eastwood to look back at the chaotic \"Vote Colum, Get Mike\" era, his testy private showdown with Martin McGuinness, and why he believes the Northern Ireland Assembly is failing to deliver for the public. Topics covered in this episode: The 10-Year Anniversary of Official Stormont Opposition (2016) Colum Eastwood’s Showdown with Martin McGuinness The Reality of Being a Smaller Party in Government \"Vote Colum, Get Mike\" and UUP Politics Why Stormont is a \"Toy Town Parliament\" The Future of Irish Unity The Irish Government's Role Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode of Stormont Sources, we sit down with Foyle MP and former SDLP leader Colum Eastwood to look back at the chaotic \"Vote Colum, Get Mike\" er…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2726,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stormont-sources-7219509/episodes/colum-eastwood-debatesirish-unity/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stormont-sources-7219509/colum-eastwood-debatesirish-unity.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}