{"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 — 8th May 2026","slug":"uk-column-news-8th-may-2026","published_at":"2026-05-08T13:30:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425/uk-column-news-8th-may-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukcolumn/episodes/UK-Column-News--8th-May-2026-e3j36lq","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1044e334c/podcast/play/119691386/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-8%2F423753629-44100-2-ddf4809bd57b6.mp3","summary":"Patrick Henningsen, Mike Robinson, and Basil Valentine 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: https://bit.ly/UKColumn_Live ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website: https://www.ukcolumn.org/ ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism: https://support.ukcolumn.org/ ► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and independent news: https://bit.ly/ukcolumnofficial Follow #UKColumn on: ► X: https://x.com/ukcolumn ► Telegram: https://t.me/ukcolumn ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UKColumnExtracts ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uk_column_news 00:00 Introduction 00:28 May 2026 UK Local Elections — Reform Wins, Labour Loses, and the 17:12 Live Updates from the Gaza Aid Flotilla off the Coast of Greece 24:48 Hantavirus ‘Outbreak’: Another ‘New Normal’ 31:07 Support the UK Column — 20th Anniversary Tickets Are Selling Fast 33:33 Iran Updates 50:26 World Press ‘Freedom’ Day 56:06 Online Safety 59:00 In Case You Missed It","meta_description":"Patrick Henningsen, Mike Robinson, and Basil Valentine present today's UK Column News. ► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3922,"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-8th-may-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-8th-may-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}