{"podcast":{"title":"ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast","slug":"eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092","podcast_index_feed_id":484092,"rss_url":"https://rss.introcast.io/1452382842/feeds.megaphone.fm/eli5","website_url":"https://twitter.com/ELI5ThePodcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a236296e-0968-11ef-bce5-579e039a4337/image/312a2e32dcf9031354a45b3d5450445f.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"ELI5 Explain Like I'm Five Podcast","episode_count":364,"summary":"Explain Like I'm Five, aka ELI5, is the mini-podcast series where we take the questions you always wanted to ask, and talk about them in a way that is easy to understand. Made possible by the amazing reddit community at r/explainlikeimfive. See episode show notes for user credits.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092"},"episode":{"title":"ELI5 National Debt - who do countries owe when they are in debt?","slug":"eli5-national-debt-who-do-countries-owe-when-they-are-in-debt","published_at":"2026-05-15T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092/eli5-national-debt-who-do-countries-owe-when-they-are-in-debt","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092","url":"https://prefix.up.audio/s/pscrb.fm/rss/p/op3.dev/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ATHLLC3902815753.mp3?updated=1765260878","audio_url":"https://prefix.up.audio/s/pscrb.fm/rss/p/op3.dev/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ATHLLC3902815753.mp3?updated=1765260878","summary":"If every major country is in billions of debt, where are they borrowing from? Who exactly do they owe? Are there any consequences for them being in debt? Why is it a problem when it gets large? Why was Greece in trouble, while Japan seemingly has high debt but is fine? ... We explain like i'm five! Help more people fund us by leaving a rating on iTunes. Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community, and specifically the following reddit users whose questions and responses formed the basis of this conversation: emils5, poomanshu, potato_octopi, cop-disliker69, reshkayden, agoraiosbum, cheesewithwhine, aythekay & anjabe96 To the ELI5 community that has supported us so far, thanks for all your feedback and comments. Join us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/eli5ThePodcast/ or send us an e-mail: ELI5ThePodcast@gmail.com","meta_description":"If every major country is in billions of debt, where are they borrowing from? Who exactly do they owe? Are there any consequences for them being in debt?…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":467,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092/episodes/eli5-national-debt-who-do-countries-owe-when-they-are-in-debt/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092/eli5-national-debt-who-do-countries-owe-when-they-are-in-debt.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}