{"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":"Why are African governments evacuating their citizens from South Africa?","slug":"why-are-african-governments-evacuating-their-citizens-from-south-africa","published_at":"2026-06-04T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/why-are-african-governments-evacuating-their-citizens-from-south-africa","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/106687442","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/l7/Z/a3.mp3","summary":"African migrants are being evacuated from South Africa following a spate of deadly assaults and growing protests supposedly targeting undocumented foreigners. They’re being blamed for taking jobs, squeezing public services and driving crime. Is this xenophobic scapegoating really a protest against a failing government? In some European nations cooperatives account for as much as 40 percent of the housing stock, providing affordable and life-long security for millions of people but in Australia it's been dismissed as a hippie ideal. Sidsel Grimstah, Adjunct senior lecturer at Griffith University and a resident of coop housing in Oslo in Norway and Melina Morrison, CEO of the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals say the model has the potential to change the traditional view of housing in Australia. In his new book Ungrounding forensic architect Eyal Weizman argues that the wholesale destruction of Gaza is a deliberate strategy of dislocation, to remove people from this place, never to return.","meta_description":"African migrants are being evacuated from South Africa following a spate of deadly assaults and growing protests supposedly targeting undocumented foreign…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3299,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-radio-national-hour-7176627/episodes/why-are-african-governments-evacuating-their-citizens-from-south-africa/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/why-are-african-governments-evacuating-their-citizens-from-south-africa.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}