{"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":"Japan’s iron lady? | Philip Patrick","slug":"japan-s-iron-lady-philip-patrick","published_at":"2026-02-24T11:57:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast-1052435/japan-s-iron-lady-philip-patrick","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast-1052435","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/APL8949694420.mp3?updated=1774543317","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/APL8949694420.mp3?updated=1774543317","summary":"Sanae Takaichi is hailed by supporters as Japan’s ‘rockstar’ prime minister and derided by critics as a far-right ultra-nationalist. What everyone agrees is that her recent landslide snap-election victory is a revolutionary moment in Japanese politics. Here, Philip Patrick – journalist and lecturer at Tokyo’s Sophia University – talks to spiked’s Georgina Mumford about Takaichi’s radical plans for immigration and the economy, her hawkishness towards China, and what Western leaders might learn from her stunning electoral success. 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":"Sanae Takaichi is hailed by supporters as Japan’s ‘rockstar’ prime minister and derided by critics as a far-right ultra-nationalist. What everyone agrees…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":829,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-spiked-podcast-1052435/episodes/japan-s-iron-lady-philip-patrick/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/japan-s-iron-lady-philip-patrick.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}