{"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 President’s Path: The political consequences of war and peace for Trump","slug":"the-president-s-path-the-political-consequences-of-war-and-peace-for-trump","published_at":"2026-04-10T13:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explanation-6376999/the-president-s-path-the-political-consequences-of-war-and-peace-for-trump","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explanation-6376999","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ncps0x","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0ncpp30.mp3","summary":"Sumi Somaskanda, Caitriona Perry and Bernd Debusmann discuss how The president's attitude towards the people of Iran has changed - from saying he would help them to threatening to destroy Iranian civilisation. They also look at how his actions are being viewed at home and the political consequences of this war for President Trump. Every weekend, The President’s Path explores the state of US politics in Washington and beyond. We dig into the key issues shaping America and uncover what’s on the minds of those closest to power.","meta_description":"Sumi Somaskanda, Caitriona Perry and Bernd Debusmann discuss how The president's attitude towards the people of Iran has changed - from saying he would he…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1488,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-explanation-6376999/episodes/the-president-s-path-the-political-consequences-of-war-and-peace-for-trump/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-president-s-path-the-political-consequences-of-war-and-peace-for-trump.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}