{"podcast":{"title":"The Global Story","slug":"the-global-story-6677479","podcast_index_feed_id":6677479,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/w13xtvsd.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvsd","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0ncxykc.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":615,"summary":"Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it. With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the BBC’s international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T18:19:57.205426+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-story-6677479"},"episode":{"title":"Rubio, Antifa and the global threat from the far-left","slug":"rubio-antifa-and-the-global-threat-from-the-far-left","published_at":"2026-07-16T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-story-6677479/rubio-antifa-and-the-global-threat-from-the-far-left","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-story-6677479","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8mfj","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nz2nvz.mp3","summary":"On Thursday in Washington DC, Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, will host an international summit on the threat posed by \"the resurgence of transnational far-left terrorism.” There will be a particular focus on the loosely composed group the Trump administration calls Antifa. What is this group? Is it a significant threat? Or is there something motivating the DC summit? BBC journalist Mike Wendling joins us to discuss whether the Trump administration is right to worry about far-left groups like Antifa. (Photo: Anti-fascist demonstrators wave an Antifa flag, which is green and has an orange, green and white circular logo in the middle, in the UK, 2016. Credit: Gareth Fuller/Press Association) Producers: Cat Farnsworth, Aron Keller and Hannah Moore Executive producer: James Shield Sound engineer: Travis Evans Senior news editor: China Collins","meta_description":"On Thursday in Washington DC, Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, will host an international summit on the threat posed by \"the resurgence of transnation…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1612,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-global-story-6677479/episodes/rubio-antifa-and-the-global-threat-from-the-far-left/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-story-6677479/rubio-antifa-and-the-global-threat-from-the-far-left.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}