{"podcast":{"title":"The spiked podcast","slug":"the-spiked-podcast-1052435","podcast_index_feed_id":1052435,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/APL1714635157","website_url":"https://www.spiked-online.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/68cf71c2-4ce6-11f0-b2af-cfc3cbf0658e/image/5533da23e5d3d283cbc1697fd8b9a544.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"spiked","episode_count":488,"summary":"spiked is the magazine that wants to make history as well as report it. Subscribe to The spiked podcast for our weekly round-up of politics and culture.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T06:19:25.643750+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast-1052435"},"episode":{"title":"‘I tried to save them’ | Grooming-gangs whistleblower Maggie Oliver","slug":"i-tried-to-save-them-grooming-gangs-whistleblower-maggie-oliver","published_at":"2026-03-19T09:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast-1052435/i-tried-to-save-them-grooming-gangs-whistleblower-maggie-oliver","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast-1052435","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/APL6478364214.mp3?updated=1774544485","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/APL6478364214.mp3?updated=1774544485","summary":"Victims of the grooming gangs are being let down – again. The UK’s Labour government is stalling a public inquiry into the industrial-scale abuse of Britain’s working class girls by mainly Pakistani Muslim men. Speaking to spiked’s Georgina Mumford, former police constable Maggie Oliver – who blew the whistle on the Rochdale child-abuse ring – reveals how these crimes were covered up by the authorities, and how the victims were neglected, blamed and even criminalised. She is currently suing the UK government over its failures to protect young girls. Buy Maggie’s book, Survivors: One Brave Detective's Battle to Expose the Rochdale Child Abuse Scandal here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Survivors-Detectives-Battle-Rochdale-Scandal/dp/1789460859 For more information about Maggie’s work, visit her charity, the Maggie Oliver Foundation: https://www.themaggieoliverfoundation.com/ Get tickets for the spiked summit – a brand-new flagship live event bringing spiked’s writers and high-profile friends together for a day of bold debate, live Q&As and on-stage exchanges in Westminster, London. Find out more and book here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Victims of the grooming gangs are being let down – again. The UK’s Labour government is stalling a public inquiry into the industrial-scale abuse of Brita…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2331,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-spiked-podcast-1052435/episodes/i-tried-to-save-them-grooming-gangs-whistleblower-maggie-oliver/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast-1052435/i-tried-to-save-them-grooming-gangs-whistleblower-maggie-oliver.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}