{"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: Trump goes quiet","slug":"the-president-s-path-trump-goes-quiet","published_at":"2026-04-24T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explanation-6376999/the-president-s-path-trump-goes-quiet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explanation-6376999","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ngbvrc","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0ngbtpd.mp3","summary":"Caitriona Perry, Sumi Somaskanda and Bernd Debusmann talk peace. They discuss the differences between the JCPOA agreement and today’s peace talks. It seems unlikely a peace deal will happen in a week, or even a month. And what about Ukraine? The White House has suggested that when the war in Iran is over - they might turn their attention to Cuba instead. 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. You can contact us at: path@bbc.co.uk Senior producer: Clare Casey Editor: Gareth Bebb Executive producer: Anna Holford","meta_description":"Caitriona Perry, Sumi Somaskanda and Bernd Debusmann talk peace. They discuss the differences between the JCPOA agreement and today’s peace talks. It seem…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1473,"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-trump-goes-quiet/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-trump-goes-quiet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}