{"podcast":{"title":"The Radio National Hour","slug":"the-radio-national-hour-7176627","podcast_index_feed_id":7176627,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/104812522/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-radio-national-hour/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/cda5fa96b5f72c14ecc27bf03e837484.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":222,"summary":"A weekday magazine-style current affairs program hosted by one of Australia's pre-eminent and loved interviewers. Drawing on Fran's extensive current affairs and cultural knowledge, The Radio National Hour takes a thoughtful, deep dive into the important and challenging issues, and brings insightful and engaging conversations with big names in the arts, sport and culture.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T16:20:46.579587+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-national-hour-7176627"},"episode":{"title":"Gabriel Zucman's radical plan to tax billionaires","slug":"gabriel-zucman-s-radical-plan-to-tax-billionaires","published_at":"2026-07-08T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/gabriel-zucman-s-radical-plan-to-tax-billionaires","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-national-hour-7176627","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-radio-national-hour/the-radio-national-hour/106816742","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/m9/Z/to.mp3","summary":"Hamas has announced the dissolution of its governing body in Gaza, in an effort, it says, to advance Donald Trump's peace plan. But Israel insists it's all a ruse to avoid giving us its weapons. The billionaire class is booming and most of them are paying less tax than you or I, sometimes close to zero. In his new book We Need To Tax Billionaires acclaimed French economist Gabriel Zucman argues this legalised swindle is the greatest threat to democracy in the 21st century. She first picked up the violin as a three year old, more than four decades on virtuoso Leila Josefowicz still finds her chosen instrument endlessly fascinating.","meta_description":"Hamas has announced the dissolution of its governing body in Gaza, in an effort, it says, to advance Donald Trump's peace plan. But Israel insists it's al…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3278,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/episodes/gabriel-zucman-s-radical-plan-to-tax-billionaires/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/gabriel-zucman-s-radical-plan-to-tax-billionaires.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}