{"podcast":{"title":"The Business","slug":"the-business-969727","podcast_index_feed_id":969727,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/db63e563-1a27-4446-8f4a-06473a5b69a2","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/thepivot","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0e491a8cbe627d3cf13d/1759312595037-032244e8-5999-460e-9142-fe459adcef57.jpeg","author":"Anna Covell","episode_count":51,"summary":"Hannah Prevett and Dominic O’Connell bring you one big business story you need to know every week. Uncovering the personalities, power plays, boardroom dramas and sheer ambition that drive the world of business, Hannah and Dominic get the inside story from the people who are in the room when the deal goes down - from start-ups to tech titans, market movers to City CEOs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T06:18:30.155735+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727"},"episode":{"title":"Drill baby drill? The new battle for the North Sea","slug":"drill-baby-drill-the-new-battle-for-the-north-sea","published_at":"2026-03-27T01:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727/drill-baby-drill-the-new-battle-for-the-north-sea","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727","url":"https://shows.acast.com/thepivot/episodes/is-north-sea-be-the-answer-to-britains-energy-security","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thepivot/e/69c56c4a9b6be94a1a90235f/media.mp3","summary":"As the conflict in the Middle East  threatens to whack the world economy with an energy shock - and possibly a huge recession, the debate about the UK’s North Sea has re-ignited. Should we be drilling there to help our energy security in a volatile global market?  There’s now a growing chorus of voices, from surprising places, calling on the government to support more North Sea exploration. So, will the government – having banned new licenses as part of net zero drive – now give them the go ahead? Presenters: Dominic O’Connell, columnist and business presenter, Times Radio Emma Powell, media and telecoms editor, The Times Guests: Tessa Kahn, founder and executive director, Uplift. Chris Wheaton, energy analyst, Stifel.  Producer: Miriam Hall Senior Producer: Julia Johnson Executive Producer: Kate Ford Photo credit: Getty Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"As the conflict in the Middle East threatens to whack the world economy with an energy shock - and possibly a huge recession, the debate about the U…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1736,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-business-969727/episodes/drill-baby-drill-the-new-battle-for-the-north-sea/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-969727/drill-baby-drill-the-new-battle-for-the-north-sea.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}