{"podcast":{"title":"The Global Jigsaw","slug":"the-global-jigsaw-6300406","podcast_index_feed_id":6300406,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/w13xtvrk.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrk","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0fh6jhk.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":71,"summary":"Looking at the world through the lens of its media. Think of us as your media detectives, helping you get past the propaganda and misinformation. The Global Jigsaw comes from BBC Monitoring, which tracks, deciphers and analyses news media in 100 languages. We reach across multiple time zones, from China and India, to Iran, Africa and Latin America. We watch Russian state TV around the clock, giving unrivalled insight into the evolution of Kremlin propaganda. But propaganda is just part of the information space we inhabit. In its more extreme form, we focus on disinformation that aims to defame enemies, sway elections, and undermine democracy. We have been monitoring jihadist media for nearly two decades, following the chatter from al-Qaeda and Islamic State group, gaining extraordinary knowledge about their aims, their ideological differences and allegiances. We watch the behaviour of Russia’s Putin, Iran’s Khamenei, Turkey’s Erdogan, China’s Xi Jinping, Hungary’s Orban and anyone else who might be challenging the established order, seeking to expand their global footprint or export their brand of ideology. At BBC Monitoring, we don’t just speak the language, we understand the nar…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T12:18:39.734567+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406"},"episode":{"title":"What’s behind the war in Sudan?","slug":"what-s-behind-the-war-in-sudan","published_at":"2025-11-01T01:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/what-s-behind-the-war-in-sudan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8vbl","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0mcswmd.mp3","summary":"Blood spilled in Sudan's el-Fasher massacre is visible from space. What led to the latest dark turn of events that took place after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city in Northern Darfur from the Sudanese Armed Forces? In this episode, first recorded in 2024, we dig into the prehistory of Sudan’s civil war. We focus on the power struggle between two men: Hemedti, in charge of the RAF, and Burkhan, the general leading the SAF. We ask who are the foreign powers aiding them, and why. Producer: Kriszta Satori, Elchin Suleymanov Presenter: Krassi Twigg","meta_description":"Blood spilled in Sudan's el-Fasher massacre is visible from space. What led to the latest dark turn of events that took place after the Rapid Support Forc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2223,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/episodes/what-s-behind-the-war-in-sudan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/what-s-behind-the-war-in-sudan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}