{"podcast":{"title":"Walescast","slug":"walescast-2430083","podcast_index_feed_id":2430083,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p0933ks9.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0933ks9","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0l90f5h.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":93,"summary":"Your one-stop shop for everything Welsh politics and current affairs. Felicity Evans and James Williams discuss the big issues with exclusive interviews and in-depth analysis.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T22:17:49.166297+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/walescast-2430083"},"episode":{"title":"New Labour Leaders","slug":"new-labour-leaders","published_at":"2026-07-16T11:58:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/walescast-2430083/new-labour-leaders","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/walescast-2430083","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nz5mvs","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nz4b31.mp3","summary":"Ken Skates has been confirmed as the new permanent leader of Welsh Labour, inheriting a party facing significant challenges after its disappointing Senedd election performance. As he steps into the role, he'll become the public face of one of Wales's opposition parties, with the task of rebuilding support and restoring confidence in Welsh Labour. Former journalist and ex-Chief of Staff to the Welsh Government, Jo Kiernan, joins us to assess the scale of the challenge ahead and what Skates must do to turn the party's fortunes around. We also hear from our Political Editor Gareth Lewis, who looks ahead to Andy Burnham taking the reins after Keir Starmer's final week as Prime Minister. Can Burnham reset relations between Wales and Westminster, and what might his leadership mean for the future of Welsh politics and for the Labour party here?","meta_description":"Ken Skates has been confirmed as the new permanent leader of Welsh Labour, inheriting a party facing significant challenges after its disappointing Senedd…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1787,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/walescast-2430083/episodes/new-labour-leaders/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/walescast-2430083/new-labour-leaders.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}