{"podcast":{"title":"The News Agents","slug":"the-news-agents-5644592","podcast_index_feed_id":5644592,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-news-agents/","website_url":"https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/58f6e4cb-452b-498a-aa9f-f2712f51923b/BwI612Bfc8clOS-joY07s7rz.jpg","author":"Global","episode_count":1172,"summary":"Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall – three of the UK’s top journalists – host an award-winning daily news podcast: The News Agents. They’re not just here to tell you what's happening, but why. Expect astute analysis and explanation of the day's news – and a healthy dose of scepticism and the ability to laugh at it all when needed. Episodes are available every weekday afternoon. You can listen to The News Agents on Alexa, just say \"Alexa ask Global Player to play The News Agents\" The News Agents is a Global Player Original podcast. For advertising opportunities on this podcast, email: GlobalStudiosSales@global.com You can visit our website here https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T04:19:35.907561+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592"},"episode":{"title":"Does Donald Trump remember who started the war in Iran?","slug":"does-donald-trump-remember-who-started-the-war-in-iran","published_at":"2026-05-05T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592/does-donald-trump-remember-who-started-the-war-in-iran","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592","url":"https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/8b952243-04f8-4e6c-b9fb-a254eadbc50e.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=c49390b9-6909-4cd3-a974-e270cf686f27&aw_0_1st.episodeid=8b952243-04f8-4e6c-b9fb-a254eadbc50e","summary":"Donald Trump launched \"Project Freedom\" over the bank holiday weekend - a \"humanitarian gesture\", aimed at guaranteeing the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz still stubbornly being controlled by Iran. The Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, announced today a \"red white and blue dome\" over the area as he insisted that the US holds all the cards in the conflict. There's just one problem: nobody seems to be buying it. Ships aren't moving through the Strait in any real volume, and there were fresh attacks from both sides over the weekend despite a ceasefire. Has Trump forgotten who started this war? And have other world leaders stopped listening to him? Later, has Zac Polanski peaked too soon ahead of the local elections on Thursday? One poll shows his approval ratings plummeting over the last week - why? The News Agents is a Global Production. The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/","meta_description":"Donald Trump launched \"Project Freedom\" over the bank holiday weekend - a \"humanitarian gesture\", aimed at guaranteeing the safe passage of ships through…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1911,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-news-agents-5644592/episodes/does-donald-trump-remember-who-started-the-war-in-iran/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592/does-donald-trump-remember-who-started-the-war-in-iran.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}