{"podcast":{"title":"The Debate","slug":"the-debate-1101606","podcast_index_feed_id":1101606,"rss_url":"https://apis.france24.com/products/get_product/f24_getpodcast_audio_by_nid?token_application=33d60288-7e20-11e9-884b-005056a9c687&program.entrepriseId=WB4897007-F24-EN-20091009","website_url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/debate/","image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/b0d6fa56-db0b-11ee-9ee5-005056bfb2b6/w:1400/p:1x1/EN-LE-DEBAT_1-1.jpg","author":"France Médias Monde","episode_count":24,"summary":"A live debate on the topic of the day, with four guests. From Monday to Thursday at 7:10pm Paris time.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T08:19:20.414228+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-debate-1101606"},"episode":{"title":"Starmer's last stand? The UK local elections","slug":"starmer-s-last-stand-the-uk-local-elections","published_at":"2026-05-06T18:10:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-debate-1101606/starmer-s-last-stand-the-uk-local-elections","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-debate-1101606","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20260506-starmer-s-last-stand-the-uk-local-elections?PcNCvtcnHj","audio_url":"https://audio.audiomeans.fr/pfx/b035a7c4-de15-11ef-9e7b-cfc4fb0c91f4/vod-france24.akamaized.net/en/vod/2026/05/06/TK064130-A-01-20260428_CS1911.mp3?guid=61044e6e-4974-11f1-b9ab-63b8fcc75113&source=PcNCvtcnHj","summary":"Never have local elections in the United Kingdom been so loaded with implications. The rise in popularity of two parties – Reform UK and the Greens – raises questions about the political system, which has for so long been based on two main parties. But on a wider scale, the fate of the UK prime minister could be in play. Keir Starmer has been under pressure, it seems, ever since winning the 2024 general election. There are already reports of plans to push him aside if Labour loses heavily in Thursday's local elections . So could this be Starmer's last stand? Produced by Mark Owen, Rebecca Gnignati, Juliette Laffont, Ilayda Habip, Guillaume Gougeon and Charles Wente.","meta_description":"Never have local elections in the United Kingdom been so loaded with implications. The rise in popularity of two parties – Reform UK and the Greens – rais…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2455,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-debate-1101606/episodes/starmer-s-last-stand-the-uk-local-elections/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-debate-1101606/starmer-s-last-stand-the-uk-local-elections.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}