{"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":"The method in the madness of Thomas Tuchel","slug":"the-method-in-the-madness-of-thomas-tuchel","published_at":"2026-07-15T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/the-method-in-the-madness-of-thomas-tuchel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954","url":"https://shows.acast.com/storiesofourtimes/episodes/the-method-in-the-madness-of-thomas-tuchel","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/storiesofourtimes/e/6a566ff492be37cb7b306799/media.mp3","summary":"The England football team’s manager Thomas Tuchel has led  his squad to a World Cup semi-final against old rivals Argentina. A cerebral football obsessive, he has a tendency to self-immolate when things are going well. So is this the fate that awaits the Tuchel-England experiment? Or could the tensions between the manager and his star player Jude Bellingham actually prove the key to victory? 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 Guest: Mehreen Khan, economics editor, The Times. Host: Manveen Rana. Producers: Jesse Fox, Harry Stott. We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: Thomas Tuchel’s tough love for England not without risk Further listening: The men who made the World Cup - The Sunday Story Clips: Football Smash / Youtube, Sky News, Talk Sport, Sports Unfiltered / Youtube, BBC. Photo: Getty Images. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The England football team’s manager Thomas Tuchel has led his squad to a World Cup semi-final against old rivals Argentina. A cerebral football obse…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1800,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-26954/episodes/the-method-in-the-madness-of-thomas-tuchel/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/the-method-in-the-madness-of-thomas-tuchel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}