{"podcast":{"title":"The Rachman Review","slug":"the-rachman-review-1223434","podcast_index_feed_id":1223434,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/7144a390-7a86-440e-9b2e-db712c18368c","website_url":"https://play.acast.com/s/therachmanreview","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62874923a6361b2c768dddbf/1763129187815-1d9f2d07-12ed-47ce-9374-06b5266f2113.jpeg","author":"Richard Martin","episode_count":359,"summary":"Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T14:21:56.184663+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rachman-review-1223434"},"episode":{"title":"Hungary’s pivotal election","slug":"hungary-s-pivotal-election","published_at":"2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rachman-review-1223434/hungary-s-pivotal-election","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rachman-review-1223434","url":"https://shows.acast.com/therachmanreview/episodes/hungarys-pivotal-election","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/therachmanreview/e/69c4077aa3dddd45e986f9cd/media.mp3","summary":"Viktor Orbán has been a thorn in the side of the EU and a favourite of Donald Trump. But his party is now behind in the polls ahead of next month’s Hungarian elections. So could this mark the end of the Orbán era? Gideon discusses this with Zsuzsanna Végh, an analyst at the German Marshall Fund. They also discuss Orbán's close relationship with Russia and hostility to Ukraine. Clip: APT Free links to read more on this topic: ECB warns Hungary’s seizure of Ukraine cash risks euro credibility Hungarian opposition groups quit to make way for Orbán challenger Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Viktor Orbán in power The riches of Viktor Orbán’s home village How Viktor Orbán’s oligarchs reaped billions in public contracts Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Sean McGarrity. Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X @gideonrachman.bsky.social , @gideonrachman Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Viktor Orbán has been a thorn in the side of the EU and a favourite of Donald Trump. But his party is now behind in the polls ahead of next month’s Hungar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1802,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rachman-review-1223434/episodes/hungary-s-pivotal-election/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rachman-review-1223434/hungary-s-pivotal-election.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}