{"podcast":{"title":"UK Column News","slug":"uk-column-news-315425","podcast_index_feed_id":315425,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1044e334c/podcast/rss","website_url":"http://www.ukcolumn.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43572011/3e727f1068800296.png","author":"UK Column","episode_count":1204,"summary":"The UK Column is an independent news organisation analysing the information war. Operating without financial backing or external investment, we remain free from advertisers, foundations, and political parties, relying solely on support from our audience through memberships and donations.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T02:17:04.047862+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425"},"episode":{"title":"UK Column News — 1st July 2026","slug":"uk-column-news-1st-july-2026","published_at":"2026-07-01T13:35:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425/uk-column-news-1st-july-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukcolumn/episodes/UK-Column-News--1st-July-2026-e3lh31c","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1044e334c/podcast/play/122243564/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-1%2F427164139-44100-2-f689faa20f66d.mp3","summary":"Mike Robinson, Charles Malet, and Vanessa Beeley present today's UK Column News. ► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism ► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and independent news Follow #UKColumn on: ► X ► Telegram ► Facebook ► Instagram 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Defence Spending: War policy investment 09:52 Black Cube: Israeli intelligence in full flow 20:43 State Threats: Rushed Bill could see journalists jailed 28:26 UK Column 20th Anniversary 30:22 Debanked: Independent media under threat 33:48 Data Centres: Devon countryside destroyed 39:50 DSTL: Secretive security service celebrates 25 years 49:08 Lebanon: Update 54:04 Whose Money: Customs duties confusion 57:23 Fertility: Collapsing conception rates","meta_description":"Mike Robinson, Charles Malet, and Vanessa Beeley present today's UK Column News. ► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3737,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uk-column-news-315425/episodes/uk-column-news-1st-july-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425/uk-column-news-1st-july-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}