# The war in Iran’s ripple effect on the global energy economy Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/the-war-in-iran-s-ripple-effect-on-the-global-energy-economy Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/the-war-in-iran-s-ripple-effect-on-the-global-energy-economy.md Podcast: [Trending Globally: Politics and Policy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507) Published: 2026-05-28T19:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://trending-globally.captivate.fm/episode/the-war-in-irans-ripple-effect-on-the-global-energy-economy Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/87c7e9a6-a2bc-4fc2-9726-3bdb4ca4b69f.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/episodes/the-war-in-iran-s-ripple-effect-on-the-global-energy-economy Duration seconds: 2289 ## Resource The war in Iran is entering its third month, and according to the War in Iran Energy Cost Tracker — a new project from the Watson School's Climate Solutions Lab — the war has already cost Americans over 40 billion extra dollars in gas and diesel. But as Jeff Colgan, professor of political science at the Watson School and director of Watson’s Climate Solutions Lab, explains, when it comes to the effects of this war, the rising price of fuel is just the tip of the iceberg. On this episode, Watson School dean and economist John Friedman talks with Jeff about its effects on everything from individual consumer finances to national security, geopolitics, and the future of climate change. Check out the Climate Solutions Lab’s Iran War Energy Cost Tracker Transcript coming soon to our website ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/episodes/the-war-in-iran-s-ripple-effect-on-the-global-energy-economy/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/the-war-in-iran-s-ripple-effect-on-the-global-energy-economy.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.