{"podcast":{"title":"Conspiracy Theories Exploring The Unseen","slug":"conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen-4853551","podcast_index_feed_id":4853551,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5194379/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/60a9fd8987bdcbf4b00bedcb302d6d66.jpg","author":"Michael Fortune","episode_count":1000,"summary":"The act of conspiring an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot. A combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose. An agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act, any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T10:17:50.123517+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen-4853551"},"episode":{"title":"What the Fed Says vs. What the Balance Sheet Does","slug":"what-the-fed-says-vs-what-the-balance-sheet-does","published_at":"2026-06-02T11:55:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen-4853551/what-the-fed-says-vs-what-the-balance-sheet-does","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen-4853551","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-fed-says-vs-what-the-balance-sheet-does--72197794","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72197794/what_the_fed_says_vs_what_the_balance_sheet_does_part_2_1.mp3","summary":"Let’s talk about the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet and how it interacts with its public statements. As of mid-May 2026, the Fed's balance sheet stood at a whopping $6.729 trillion. Now, that number alone can sound a bit overwhelming, so let’s break it down. This enormous total includes about $4.45 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities, nearly $2 trillion in mortgage-backed securities, and another $297 billion in various other securities. What’s interesting is how the balance sheet has changed recently. In the past year, the Fed has increased its Treasury holdings by $234 billion, while at the same time, mortgage-backed securities have dropped by $192 billion. This shift indicates a gradual normalization process through asset runoff. But what does this mean in terms of the Fed’s policy stance? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support .","meta_description":"Let’s talk about the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet and how it interacts with its public statements. As of mid-May 2026, the Fed's balance sheet stood at…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":180,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen-4853551/episodes/what-the-fed-says-vs-what-the-balance-sheet-does/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen-4853551/what-the-fed-says-vs-what-the-balance-sheet-does.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}