{"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":"Why is my life so expensive?","slug":"why-is-my-life-so-expensive","published_at":"2026-05-19T03:00:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/euro-matters-the-european-central-bank-podcast-1063898/why-is-my-life-so-expensive","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/euro-matters-the-european-central-bank-podcast-1063898","url":"https://soundcloud.com/europeancentralbank/why-is-my-life-so-expensive","audio_url":"http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2323080257-europeancentralbank-why-is-my-life-so-expensive.mp3","summary":"Catherine’s favourite falafel wrap went from €5 to €7 – and it sent her down a rabbit hole. Join our host as she explores a simple question: why do prices seem to be going up all the time? Along the way, you’ll uncover what’s behind the cost-of-living squeeze, why it hits people differently and what the ECB is doing about it. The views expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of the European Central Bank. Further reading: Espresso Economics – Inflation stats vs your reality: the disconnect explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi-gZoA9WGk ECB Instagram https://www.instagram.com/europeancentralbank","meta_description":"Catherine’s favourite falafel wrap went from €5 to €7 – and it sent her down a rabbit hole. Join our host as she explores a simple question: why do prices…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1017,"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/why-is-my-life-so-expensive/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/why-is-my-life-so-expensive.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}