{"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":"'Burnham will be our next PM' - so what happens now?","slug":"burnham-will-be-our-next-pm-so-what-happens-now","published_at":"2026-06-19T11:25:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759/burnham-will-be-our-next-pm-so-what-happens-now","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759","url":"https://talking-politics.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/46ebeb5e-b4f9-42a7-851c-11acb5e3e50d.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=4474dec6-09cf-489b-b8e3-5eaacc239c71&aw_0_1st.episodeid=46ebeb5e-b4f9-42a7-851c-11acb5e3e50d","summary":"Andy Burnham’s big Makerfield by-election victory is set to reshape British politics as we know it. So what happens next? In this special Talking Politics episode, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston are joined by Election Analyst Professor Jane Green from Nuffield College, University of Oxford, to answer the key questions. Is Britain now waking up to a new prime minister? What does the Labour vote share in Makerfield tell us about potential voting in a General Election? Would Andy Burnham definitely perform better than Sir Keir Starmer? Could he call a General Election once he's prime minister? What does it mean for Reform’s chances at a national level? Are the Conservatives still in the picture? And is electoral reform now inevitable?","meta_description":"Andy Burnham’s big Makerfield by-election victory is set to reshape British politics as we know it. So what happens next? In this special Talking Politics…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1947,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-politics-6747759/episodes/burnham-will-be-our-next-pm-so-what-happens-now/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/burnham-will-be-our-next-pm-so-what-happens-now.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}