{"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":"This timing and navigation expert warned Telstra about the glitch that shutdown the network","slug":"this-timing-and-navigation-expert-warned-telstra-about-the-glitch-that-shutdown-the-network","published_at":"2026-07-10T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/this-timing-and-navigation-expert-warned-telstra-about-the-glitch-that-shutdown-the-network","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/106824116","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/mc/Z/6u.mp3","summary":"Telstra prides itself on connecting Australians but this week a software glitch caused the nation’s largest telecommunications network to crash - bringing trains and cabbies to a halt, shutting down businesses, and preventing hundreds of people from calling Triple Zero. Turns out it was all about the timing and Swinburne University Professor Allison Kealy warned the telco of this vulnerability in their system earlier this year. NAIDOC week is celebrating half a century, a movement forged in resistance, elevating and celebrating Indigenous culture, language and art. Zoe Cassim program Director at the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, and Joe Ross, author of the children's book Winthali and the CEO of the Bunuba Cultural Conservation Institute joined us to talk about how they're using technology is bringing Indigenous children’s books to remote communities and libraries across Australia. And the bass clarinet, long maligned as the grumpy cousin of the woodwind family, is the star attraction at a forthcoming show by The Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Alex Morris, principal bass clarinet performs for The Radio National Hour.","meta_description":"Telstra prides itself on connecting Australians but this week a software glitch caused the nation’s largest telecommunications network to crash - bringing…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3247,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/episodes/this-timing-and-navigation-expert-warned-telstra-about-the-glitch-that-shutdown-the-network/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/this-timing-and-navigation-expert-warned-telstra-about-the-glitch-that-shutdown-the-network.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}