{"podcast":{"title":"The Fourcast","slug":"the-fourcast-1366209","podcast_index_feed_id":1366209,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1056b19ac/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.channel4.com/news/the-fourcast","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43758723/143c5bd14fc66ee5.png","author":"Channel 4 News","episode_count":256,"summary":"A podcast from Channel 4 News taking an in-depth look at the biggest stories from Westminster, Washington and around the world. From global conflicts to the corridors of power, we expose, examine and interrogate what's really going on with the people who really know. Watch the episodes here: https://www.channel4.com/news/the-fourcast","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T04:20:26.195980+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fourcast-1366209"},"episode":{"title":"Sudan, Gaza, Lebanon: Can the UN still save lives?","slug":"sudan-gaza-lebanon-can-the-un-still-save-lives","published_at":"2026-04-20T16:30:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fourcast-1366209/sudan-gaza-lebanon-can-the-un-still-save-lives","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fourcast-1366209","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefourcastc4news/episodes/Sudan--Gaza--Lebanon-Can-the-UN-still-save-lives-e3i6d5u","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1056b19ac/podcast/play/118747774/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-20%2F422456465-44100-2-72123a20b3108.mp3","summary":"In a world facing overlapping crises - from Sudan, to Lebanon to the wider issues in the Middle East - the demand for humanitarian aid has never been greater. But as needs grow, the global response is struggling to keep up. In this episode of The Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to Tom Fletcher, the United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, about the immense challenges of delivering life-saving support in today’s fractured world. How does the UN prioritise when everything is urgent? With funding shortfalls, political barriers, and growing risks to civilians and aid workers, can the humanitarian system cope - and what happens if it can’t?","meta_description":"In a world facing overlapping crises - from Sudan, to Lebanon to the wider issues in the Middle East - the demand for humanitarian aid has never been grea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1555,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fourcast-1366209/episodes/sudan-gaza-lebanon-can-the-un-still-save-lives/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fourcast-1366209/sudan-gaza-lebanon-can-the-un-still-save-lives.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}