{"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 Iran’s IRGC?","slug":"what-s-iran-s-irgc","published_at":"2025-06-18T12:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/what-s-iran-s-irgc","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv8","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0ljylvk.mp3","summary":"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Quds force and the Basij militias are back in the news due to the conflict between Israel and Iran. What are they, how do they operate and how have they become so influential? In this episode, we look at the origins, the branding and the ideological blueprint of the Tehran-led influence network that has been shaping events in the Middle East for decades.","meta_description":"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Quds force and the Basij militias are back in the news due to the conflict between Israel and Iran. What are th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1579,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/episodes/what-s-iran-s-irgc/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-iran-s-irgc.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}