# Exclusive: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on AI, Iran, and China Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bret-baier-podcast-1161860/exclusive-blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-on-ai-iran-and-china Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bret-baier-podcast-1161860/exclusive-blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-on-ai-iran-and-china.md Podcast: [The Bret Baier Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bret-baier-podcast-1161860) Published: 2026-03-12T22:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM9838244316.mp3?updated=1773347175 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM9838244316.mp3?updated=1773347175 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bret-baier-podcast-1161860/episodes/exclusive-blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-on-ai-iran-and-china Duration seconds: 1200 ## Resource BlackRock CEO Larry Fink sat down with Bret on Wednesday to discuss AI’s role in the future U.S. economy and address the concerns surrounding the technology, also weighing in on China’s growing presence in the energy industry, the Iran conflict’s effects on oil prices, and BlackRock’s past pushes for DEI initiatives. This Interview First Aired on Wednesday, 3/11/26 on Special Report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bret-baier-podcast-1161860/episodes/exclusive-blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-on-ai-iran-and-china/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bret-baier-podcast-1161860/exclusive-blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-on-ai-iran-and-china.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.