{"podcast":{"title":"The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim","slug":"the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228","podcast_index_feed_id":7027228,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-world/","website_url":"https://the-world.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/0f13920c-ed77-45ea-b38d-c057964bc238/af94589b3bcc169d27ab7a8049bb3778.jpg","author":"Sky News","episode_count":105,"summary":"Sky News’ Yalda Hakim and NBC’s Richard Engel have covered world events for years. This is the podcast where they share experiences from the frontline. They debrief from global flashpoints and discuss their encounters with the biggest decision makers. They’ll also be joined by some of those key players to help make sense of world events. From conflict in the Middle East, to the Trump presidency, and the war in Ukraine there is no better place for analysis and expertise New episodes from Richard and Yalda every Wednesday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T04:18:13.725584+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228"},"episode":{"title":"Why Lebanon is key to understanding the Middle East","slug":"why-lebanon-is-key-to-understanding-the-middle-east","published_at":"2026-07-01T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228/why-lebanon-is-key-to-understanding-the-middle-east","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228","url":"https://the-world.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/17e97811-770b-43c2-8e3d-3dccf43ebb7e.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=017f3337-d13b-4493-8846-ca84c374143c&aw_0_1st.episodeid=17e97811-770b-43c2-8e3d-3dccf43ebb7e","summary":"Do all roads in the Middle East lead to Lebanon? Journalist and historian Kim Ghattas thinks so. She argues that it is often the fate of small nations to be playgrounds rather than players. Iran, America and Israel all have interest in the country. It is also now central to the Memorandum of Understanding that exists between Iran and America. After months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and a bombing campaign by the Netanyahu government that has left over 4,000 people dead, a shaky ceasefire is now in place. So what does the future hold for this country? Richard and Kim discuss all of this on this week’s episode of The World podcast. You can email your questions to Richard and Yalda at theworld@sky.uk You can also watch our podcasts on our YouTube channel here .","meta_description":"Do all roads in the Middle East lead to Lebanon? Journalist and historian Kim Ghattas thinks so. She argues that it is often the fate of small nations to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1717,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228/episodes/why-lebanon-is-key-to-understanding-the-middle-east/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-world-with-richard-engel-and-yalda-hakim-7027228/why-lebanon-is-key-to-understanding-the-middle-east.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}