# Oil Climbs on Hormuz Tensions, Apple’s OpenAI Lawsuit, and Earnings Season Eve 7/13/26 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-exchange-431205/oil-climbs-on-hormuz-tensions-apple-s-openai-lawsuit-and-earnings-season-eve-7-13-26 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-exchange-431205/oil-climbs-on-hormuz-tensions-apple-s-openai-lawsuit-and-earnings-season-eve-7-13-26.md Podcast: [The Exchange](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-exchange-431205) Published: 2026-07-13T18:30:36+00:00 Episode link: https://www.cnbc.com Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cnbc.simplecastaudio.com/6238655f-ae42-419d-a14c-edccbf577d8e/episodes/a0883df0-ab38-49b4-ada1-158ccd96c702/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=6238655f-ae42-419d-a14c-edccbf577d8e&awEpisodeId=a0883df0-ab38-49b4-ada1-158ccd96c702&feed=tc4zxWgX Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-exchange-431205/episodes/oil-climbs-on-hormuz-tensions-apple-s-openai-lawsuit-and-earnings-season-eve-7-13-26 Duration seconds: 2660 ## Resource Crude prices surge as President Trump says the US is ‘reinstating’ a Strait of Hormuz blockade. Apple sues OpenAI, alleging intellectual property theft, but The Verge’s Nilay Patel questions if trade secrets even exist when it comes to AI. Plus, with tech companies trading at peak margins, we set the table for second quarter earnings season with Wolfe’s Chris Senyek. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-exchange-431205/episodes/oil-climbs-on-hormuz-tensions-apple-s-openai-lawsuit-and-earnings-season-eve-7-13-26/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-exchange-431205/oil-climbs-on-hormuz-tensions-apple-s-openai-lawsuit-and-earnings-season-eve-7-13-26.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.