# The past and future fight about who owns the land Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-view-6037663/the-past-and-future-fight-about-who-owns-the-land Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-view-6037663/the-past-and-future-fight-about-who-owns-the-land.md Podcast: [The Big View](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-view-6037663) Published: 2025-11-25T04:34:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/THRH6063820444.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/THRH6063820444.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-big-view-6037663/episodes/the-past-and-future-fight-about-who-owns-the-land Duration seconds: 2188 ## Resource The world’s oldest asset is at the heart of political debate and underpins the modern financial system. In this episode of The Big View, Peter Thal Larsen talks to Mike Bird, author of “The Land Trap”, about why property is such an enduring issue – and why it’s so hard to reform. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-big-view-6037663/episodes/the-past-and-future-fight-about-who-owns-the-land/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-view-6037663/the-past-and-future-fight-about-who-owns-the-land.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.