{"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":"Will Farage's finances lead to his downfall?","slug":"will-farage-s-finances-lead-to-his-downfall","published_at":"2026-07-03T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/will-farage-s-finances-lead-to-his-downfall","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954","url":"https://shows.acast.com/storiesofourtimes/episodes/will-farages-finances-lead-to-his-downfall","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/storiesofourtimes/e/6a4690e62d7a15a9792c77da/media.mp3","summary":"Nigel Farage has drawn increasing political and public scrutiny for a £5 million personal gift from cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne in 2024. Farage says it’s for his security and nobody else’s business, but has he made a political misstep which risks his future aspirations to be PM? And do extra revelations about his property portfolio and his lucrative role with a gold bullion company add extra pressure? 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: Sebastian Payne, columnist, The Times Host: Manveen Rana Producers: David Whitty, Sophie McNulty We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: Nigel Farage’s £5 million is a burden for Reform Further listening: Inside Farage’s political earthquake  Clips: BBC, LBC, Times Radio, Rupert Lowe - facebook, Direct Bullion, The Mirror. Photo: Getty Images. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Nigel Farage has drawn increasing political and public scrutiny for a £5 million personal gift from cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne in 2024.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1891,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-26954/episodes/will-farage-s-finances-lead-to-his-downfall/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/will-farage-s-finances-lead-to-his-downfall.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}