{"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":"Jennifer Westacott: Australian Jews have been let down by all our leaders","slug":"jennifer-westacott-australian-jews-have-been-let-down-by-all-our-leaders","published_at":"2026-07-17T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/jennifer-westacott-australian-jews-have-been-let-down-by-all-our-leaders","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/106851714","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/mi/Z/ss.mp3","summary":"This week it was the turn of University leaders to front up at the Antisemitism Royal Commission.They were challenged and chastened over their failure to protect Jewish students and academics in the protests that followed October 7. Jennifer Westacott, Chancellor of Western Sydney University says too many institutions hid behind the defence of free speech. Do you struggle with the shorter days during the winter months? Well in Antarctica the sun doesn’t rise at all for six long weeks, and when it finally peaks over the horizon, it's only there for 24 minutes. Davis Station leader Jenny Bonser talks about what it's like living in the dark for so long. And a musical collaboration that crosses borders and cultures. Australian-British pianist Jayson Gillham and Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer get ready to tour their new show, The Keys of Life","meta_description":"This week it was the turn of University leaders to front up at the Antisemitism Royal Commission.They were challenged and chastened over their failure to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3281,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/episodes/jennifer-westacott-australian-jews-have-been-let-down-by-all-our-leaders/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/jennifer-westacott-australian-jews-have-been-let-down-by-all-our-leaders.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}