{"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 remarkable rise of Andy Burnham","slug":"the-remarkable-rise-of-andy-burnham","published_at":"2026-07-17T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/the-remarkable-rise-of-andy-burnham","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954","url":"https://shows.acast.com/storiesofourtimes/episodes/the-remarkable-rise-of-andy-burnham","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/storiesofourtimes/e/6a58f55b78e0412bc6b241bc/media.mp3","summary":"Today, Andy Burnham will be crowned Labour leader. On Monday, he'll become Prime Minister -- Britain's fifth in as many years. But questions are still lingering over the direction he’ll take the government. And more than that, people are still trying to decipher who the man really is. We turn to our man in Westminster, who has spent plenty of time with Burnham, to try to get some answers. 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: Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times. Host: Luke Jones. Producers: Harry Stott. We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: Andy Burnham wants to break ‘unaccountable state’ Further listening: Will Burnham scrap the most expensive promise in politics? Clips: Andy Burnham / X, BBC, Coljax Parliament / Youtube, LBC, Nimrod Kamer / Youtube, Manchester Evening News, The Mirror. Photo: Getty Images. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Today, Andy Burnham will be crowned Labour leader. On Monday, he'll become Prime Minister -- Britain's fifth in as many years. But questions are still lin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1866,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-26954/episodes/the-remarkable-rise-of-andy-burnham/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-remarkable-rise-of-andy-burnham.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}