{"podcast":{"title":"The Story","slug":"the-story-26954","podcast_index_feed_id":26954,"rss_url":"https://rss.acast.com/storiesofourtimes","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/the-story","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1758841002471-a9576d61-36b6-4b4b-9aa8-e495cf468878.jpeg","author":"The Times","episode_count":1846,"summary":"The biggest stories, told in depth, daily. Join the world's best journalists to uncover what really matters. Hosted by Manveen Rana and Luke Jones. Published seven days a week and ready for you every morning. The Story is brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T04:19:37.461858+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954"},"episode":{"title":"How the hantavirus cruise ship nightmare unfolded - The Saturday Story","slug":"how-the-hantavirus-cruise-ship-nightmare-unfolded-the-saturday-story","published_at":"2026-05-16T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/how-the-hantavirus-cruise-ship-nightmare-unfolded-the-saturday-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954","url":"https://shows.acast.com/storiesofourtimes/episodes/how-the-hantavirus-cruise-ship-month-unfolded-the-saturday-s","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/storiesofourtimes/e/6a05ce5dd98ee73f63afbd1f/media.mp3","summary":"The luxury cruise ship, MV Hondius, became a floating nightmare when passengers aboard the contracted hantavirus, leaving three people dead and triggering an international emergency response. But what really happened? And could the outbreak have been contained sooner? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Read by: Shabnam Grewal. Producer: Dave Creasey. We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: Death on the hantavirus cruise ship: how a hellish month unfolded Photo: Getty Images. This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe  here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The luxury cruise ship, MV Hondius, became a floating nightmare when passengers aboard the contracted hantavirus, leaving three people dead and triggering…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1114,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-26954/episodes/how-the-hantavirus-cruise-ship-nightmare-unfolded-the-saturday-story/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/how-the-hantavirus-cruise-ship-nightmare-unfolded-the-saturday-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}