# The Brownstone Show - Episode 1 - Peter St. Onge

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brownstone-show-7686103/the-brownstone-show-episode-1-peter-st-onge
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brownstone-show-7686103/the-brownstone-show-episode-1-peter-st-onge.md
Podcast: [The Brownstone Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brownstone-show-7686103)
Published: 2026-02-03T13:47:24+00:00
Episode link: https://substack.brownstone.org/p/the-brownstone-show-episode-1-peter
Audio file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186736871/9292a2e09843afc24eb1172f69e113fd.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-brownstone-show-7686103/episodes/the-brownstone-show-episode-1-peter-st-onge
Duration seconds: 3569

## Resource

Peter St. Onge is easily the most well-known economist on X with a regular show adored by millions. In this interview, he discusses the implications of the Minnesota day-care revelations and what they imply about the fraud industrial complex. The Covid period gave a boost to this industry like no other. Jeffrey and Peter discuss the political and economic fallout and what implies about public perceptions of the welfare state in general. They further discuss macroeconomic trends and how the economics profession could have been so wrong on so many topics. Peter writes for Brownstone Institute and recently accepted a new position at Heritage Foundation. Get full access to Brownstone Insights at substack.brownstone.org/subscribe

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-brownstone-show-7686103/episodes/the-brownstone-show-episode-1-peter-st-onge/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brownstone-show-7686103/the-brownstone-show-episode-1-peter-st-onge.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.