{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Politics","slug":"talking-politics-6747759","podcast_index_feed_id":6747759,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/talking-politics/","website_url":"https://talking-politics.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b183a638-742c-4e11-a04b-f5b0e283ec56/6f76637a059f9eeede99bddd8730cf09.jpg","author":"ITV News","episode_count":216,"summary":"Political Editor Robert Peston and News At Ten Anchor Tom Bradby discuss and debate all the key talking points of the political week. You can watch every episode on YouTube, ITVX and Spotify and listen on every podcast platform, including Apple Podcasts . Hit subscribe on any platform to ensure you don't miss an episode.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T06:19:48.027804+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759"},"episode":{"title":"Andy Burnham is in but can he win?","slug":"andy-burnham-is-in-but-can-he-win","published_at":"2026-05-18T16:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759/andy-burnham-is-in-but-can-he-win","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759","url":"https://talking-politics.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/dcf0fb03-d1fe-4064-8719-463c07ebfb1e.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=4474dec6-09cf-489b-b8e3-5eaacc239c71&aw_0_1st.episodeid=dcf0fb03-d1fe-4064-8719-463c07ebfb1e","summary":"Tom and Robert are joined by ITV News Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt following his exclusive interview with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham. Burnham is hoping to return to Westminster by winning the Makerfield by-election - a move already fuelling excitement among his supporters that he could become Labour leader, and even Prime Minister, by the summer. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister’s other main challenger, former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, has confirmed he would stand in any future leadership contest. He’s also thrown his weight behind rejoining the EU, putting Brexit firmly back on the political agenda. With Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surging in the local elections, would changing leader prove Labour has completely \"lost its mind\", or could this finally be Burnham’s moment?","meta_description":"Tom and Robert are joined by ITV News Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt following his exclusive interview with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham. Bu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1355,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-politics-6747759/episodes/andy-burnham-is-in-but-can-he-win/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759/andy-burnham-is-in-but-can-he-win.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}