{"podcast":{"title":"The Insurgency with Steve Baker","slug":"the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429","podcast_index_feed_id":7492429,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1090ea0c4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.fightingforafreefuture.com/listen-to-the-insurgency/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44369209/44369209-1757101850035-21ca2abe436fe.jpg","author":"Fighting for a Free Future","episode_count":45,"summary":"Welcome to The Insurgency with Steve Baker, a podcast from Fighting for a Free Future. Every two weeks, join Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA and Harry Richer, the Director of FFF, as they sit down with leading figures from the worlds of politics, journalism, and academia and together interrogate the public debate and the issues which matter most. Please subscribe today to support FFF. If you wish to see bonus episodes & extended interviews, please consider becoming a paid supporter at voices.fightingforafreefuture.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T04:18:51.666622+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429"},"episode":{"title":"Healey Walks: Is Labour Failing Britain’s Defence? | The Counter‑Insurgency","slug":"healey-walks-is-labour-failing-britain-s-defence-the-counter-insurgency","published_at":"2026-06-12T14:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429/healey-walks-is-labour-failing-britain-s-defence-the-counter-insurgency","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-insurgency/episodes/Healey-Walks-Is-Labour-Failing-Britains-Defence---The-CounterInsurgency-e3kmvqn","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1090ea0c4/podcast/play/121388311/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-12%2F426019285-44100-2-9f7d5acdd3e8.mp3","summary":"👉 Listen to the full episode on Substack: voices.fightingforafreefuture.comSponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com.Steve Baker is joined by Harry Richer (Director of Fighting for a Free Future), Laura Dunn, and Eve Lugg to unpack John Healey’s shock resignation as Defence Secretary, what it reveals about Labour’s priorities on defence and security, the coming by‑election, and whether Sir Keir Starmer can keep control of his party and government.Thumbnail Image: "Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with UK Secretary of State for Defence John Healey and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles at the 3rd AUKUS Defense Ministerial Meeting at the Old Royal Naval College, London, Sept. 26, 2024.” Photo by Chad J. McNeeley / U.S. Department of Defense, licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/). Changes have been made (cropping and graphic overlay).","meta_description":"👉 Listen to the full episode on Substack: voices.fightingforafreefuture.comSponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Master…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1009,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429/episodes/healey-walks-is-labour-failing-britain-s-defence-the-counter-insurgency/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429/healey-walks-is-labour-failing-britain-s-defence-the-counter-insurgency.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}