{"podcast":{"title":"The BelTel","slug":"the-beltel-5373912","podcast_index_feed_id":5373912,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324","website_url":"https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/show-cover.jpg","author":"Belfast Telegraph Podcasts","episode_count":825,"summary":"The BelTel brings you some of Northern Ireland's top journalists, Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen to name but a few, giving you the inside stories behind what is in the news. Presented by Ciarán Dunbar, the Bel Tel investigates, debates and informs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T06:18:36.697495+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912"},"episode":{"title":"Former Free Presbyterian minister jailed with Ian Paisley ‘dares’ colleagues to expel him","slug":"former-free-presbyterian-minister-jailed-with-ian-paisley-dares-colleagues-to-expel-him","published_at":"2026-06-01T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/former-free-presbyterian-minister-jailed-with-ian-paisley-dares-colleagues-to-expel-him","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-beltel/episodes/former-free-presbyterian-minister-jailed-with-ian-paisley-da","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/e/6a19986a7296106df5215147/media.mp3","summary":"Sixty years after being jailed with Ian Paisley, a veteran Free Presbyterian minister is daring his clerical colleagues to expel him. Now, the Rev Ivan Foster – himself a former DUP Assemblyman – is facing discipline for criticising Free Presbyterian ministers. A second cleric, the Rev David Linden, is also facing disciplinary measures. 83-year-old Rev Foster has publicly accused the church of breaking its own rules.     Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Sam McBride.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Sixty years after being jailed with Ian Paisley, a veteran Free Presbyterian minister is daring his clerical colleagues to expel him. Now, the Rev Iv…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2314,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/former-free-presbyterian-minister-jailed-with-ian-paisley-dares-colleagues-to-expel-him/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/former-free-presbyterian-minister-jailed-with-ian-paisley-dares-colleagues-to-expel-him.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}