{"podcast":{"title":"The Current Thing","slug":"the-current-thing-6044590","podcast_index_feed_id":6044590,"rss_url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15865515/Current_Thing_Logo_white_2ixqzg.png","author":"Nick Dixon","episode_count":100,"summary":"Comedian and commentator Nick Dixon talks to fascinating guests about politics, the culture war, and anything else that comes up.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:18:43.673551+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590"},"episode":{"title":"They Smeared ‘Axe Girl’ and Had to Apologise - with Paul Cox","slug":"they-smeared-axe-girl-and-had-to-apologise-with-paul-cox","published_at":"2026-06-18T20:54:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590/they-smeared-axe-girl-and-had-to-apologise-with-paul-cox","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590","url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/e/they-smeared-axe-girl-and-had-to-apologise-with-paul-cox/","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/spedycmrdt89e9h6/DC_Axe_free_audio8i0ic.mp3","summary":"Dixon Cox is back. This week:-Media figures apologise for getting the ‘axe girl’ story horribly wrong-The Reform vs Restore battle gets even more nasty as Makerfield vote looms-Wes Streeting says Starmer should resign-Reports that Ed Miliband is ‘ghosting’ Starmer-A female pundit hails a ‘victory for immigration’ at the World CupAnd lots more! Go here for the full episode: https://www.nickdixon.net/p/they-smeared-axe-girl-and-had-to Subscribe here: www.nickdixon.net Support us with a donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon X: https://x.com/nickdixon Paul's linksX: https://twitter.com/PaulCoxComedy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@paulcoxcomedy Comedy clubs: https://www.epiccomedy.co.uk/","meta_description":"Dixon Cox is back. This week:-Media figures apologise for getting the ‘axe girl’ story horribly wrong-The Reform vs Restore battle gets even more nasty as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2985,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-current-thing-6044590/episodes/they-smeared-axe-girl-and-had-to-apologise-with-paul-cox/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590/they-smeared-axe-girl-and-had-to-apologise-with-paul-cox.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}