{"podcast":{"title":"The Explanation","slug":"the-explanation-6376999","podcast_index_feed_id":6376999,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/w13xtvml.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvml","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0fkb4x0.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":343,"summary":"Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin. Exploring the important questions about long-running stories and the latest global news. An honest, unvarnished, explanation of the world. Featuring new episodes of The President's Path, Unspun World with John Simpson, and The Media Show.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T16:18:17.936811+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explanation-6376999"},"episode":{"title":"The Media Show: Inside Rafa Nadal's Netflix show","slug":"the-media-show-inside-rafa-nadal-s-netflix-show","published_at":"2026-06-04T05:58:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explanation-6376999/the-media-show-inside-rafa-nadal-s-netflix-show","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explanation-6376999","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct98mg","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0npzfxs.mp3","summary":"A new Netflix documentary follows the final stage of Rafael Nadal's tennis career. The series is the latest high-profile sports documentary made for a streaming platform. Zachary Heinzerling, director of Rafa, outlines how the film was made and the level of access his team received. Minal Modha, senior research director at Ampere Analysis, provides context on the growing business of sports documentaries. In Scotland, Peter Murrell's guilty plea to embezzling funds from the SNP has renewed attention on the reporting that first raised questions about the affair. John Ferguson, political editor at the Sunday Mail, reflects on his own journalism. Laura Kuenssberg explains how she secured the first broadcast interview with Nicola Sturgeon since her estranged husband’s conviction. CBS News is facing upheaval following changes in leadership and the departure of several senior figures. The latest developments centre on the dismissal of veteran correspondent Scott Pelley after public criticism of the network's direction. Michael Grynbaum, media correspondent at The New York Times, outlines the story. Presenter: Katie Razzall and Ros Atkins Producer: Lisa Jenkinson and Lucy Wai Researcher: Ruth Waites Sound engineer: Volodymyr Muzyczka","meta_description":"A new Netflix documentary follows the final stage of Rafael Nadal's tennis career. The series is the latest high-profile sports documentary made for a str…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1379,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-explanation-6376999/episodes/the-media-show-inside-rafa-nadal-s-netflix-show/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explanation-6376999/the-media-show-inside-rafa-nadal-s-netflix-show.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}