{"podcast":{"title":"Euro Matters – the European Central Bank Podcast","slug":"euro-matters-the-european-central-bank-podcast-1063898","podcast_index_feed_id":1063898,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:707035498/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/tvservices/podcast/html/index.en.html","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-JMW4zIozbZ5xzf2C-ivp98g-original.jpg","author":"European Central Bank","episode_count":134,"summary":"This is Euro Matters – the podcast where we unpac…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T04:18:47.657204+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/euro-matters-the-european-central-bank-podcast-1063898"},"episode":{"title":"Take control of your financial future: In Conversation with Christine Lagarde","slug":"take-control-of-your-financial-future-in-conversation-with-christine-lagarde","published_at":"2026-03-03T04:00:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/euro-matters-the-european-central-bank-podcast-1063898/take-control-of-your-financial-future-in-conversation-with-christine-lagarde","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/euro-matters-the-european-central-bank-podcast-1063898","url":"https://soundcloud.com/europeancentralbank/take-control-of-your-financial","audio_url":"http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2276027945-europeancentralbank-take-control-of-your-financial.mp3","summary":"Our podcast has a new name – welcome to Euro Matters! In the first episode of our In Conversation series, President Christine Lagarde shares her own path to financial knowledge and explains why knowing about money matters – especially for women. Recorded on 17 February 2026 and published on 3 March 2026. In this episode: 01:10 – Why do financial topics make people feel uncomfortable? 02:15 – President Lagarde’s early experiences with managing finances 03:15 – Why is low financial knowledge a problem in Europe? And why does it matter for women in particular? 05:38 – How can women build confidence and take ownership of their finances? 06:40 – President Lagarde talks about the first time she realised that financial independence matters 07:50 – President Lagarde’s first jobs 08:55 – The best financial advice President Lagarde has ever received 09:52 – The financial advice President Lagarde would give to her younger self 10:25 – President Lagarde shares her hot tip ECB web page on the gender gap https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb-and-you/financial_literacy_europe/The-gender-gap-in-financial-literacy/html/index.en.html Financial literacy in Europe https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb-and-you/financial_literacy_europe/html/index.en.html ECB Instagram https://www.instagram.com/europeancentralbank/ EuroSteps Walking Challenge https://www.walk15.app/en/download","meta_description":"Our podcast has a new name – welcome to Euro Matters! In the first episode of our In Conversation series, President Christine Lagarde shares her own path…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":741,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/euro-matters-the-european-central-bank-podcast-1063898/episodes/take-control-of-your-financial-future-in-conversation-with-christine-lagarde/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/euro-matters-the-european-central-bank-podcast-1063898/take-control-of-your-financial-future-in-conversation-with-christine-lagarde.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}