{"podcast":{"title":"UN Interviews","slug":"un-interviews-817354","podcast_index_feed_id":817354,"rss_url":"https://news.un.org/feed/subscribe/en/audio-product/interviews/audio-rss.xml","website_url":"https://news.un.org/en/audio-product/un-interviews","image_url":"https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Graphics%20Library/24-00041_UNInterviews_All_Podcast_Cover_3000px.png/image3000x3000.jpg","author":"United Nations (unwebservices@gmail.com)","episode_count":100,"summary":"<p>UN News interviews a wide range of people from senior news-making officials at Headquarters in New York, to advocates and beneficiaries from across the world who have a stake in helping the UN go about its often life-saving work in the field.</p>","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T04:17:44.719344+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/un-interviews-817354"},"episode":{"title":"Synthetic street drugs ‘becoming more diverse but also more dangerous’","slug":"synthetic-street-drugs-becoming-more-diverse-but-also-more-dangerous","published_at":"2026-06-29T20:36:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/un-interviews-817354/synthetic-street-drugs-becoming-more-diverse-but-also-more-dangerous","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/un-interviews-817354","url":"https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/audio/2026/06/1167822","audio_url":"https://news.un.org/feed/listen/1167822/en/sites/default/files/audio/2026/06/26june2026-intv-unodc-carpentier-rev.mp3","summary":"As synthetic drugs spread into new markets and traffickers develop increasingly potent substances, the global drug landscape is becoming more complex, unpredictable and dangerous, the&nbsp; 2026 World Drug Report reveals. In an exclusive interview with UN News, Chloé Carpentier, lead researcher on the report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), warned that powerful new synthetic opioids, persistent gaps in access to treatment and the growing links between conflict and drug trafficking are reshaping the global drug crisis. Speaking to Jolina Dong, Ms. Carpentier explained why adolescents, women and people living in humanitarian settings face some of the greatest risks, and why stronger international cooperation is essential to keeping pace with a changing global drug market.","meta_description":"As synthetic drugs spread into new markets and traffickers develop increasingly potent substances, the global drug landscape is becoming more complex, unp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":961,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/un-interviews-817354/episodes/synthetic-street-drugs-becoming-more-diverse-but-also-more-dangerous/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/un-interviews-817354/synthetic-street-drugs-becoming-more-diverse-but-also-more-dangerous.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}