{"podcast":{"title":"Geopolitical Economy Report","slug":"geopolitical-economy-report-5434689","podcast_index_feed_id":5434689,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:321045635/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-thxDIECcbNVGOXjL-MoyHWw-original.jpg","author":"Ben Norton","episode_count":500,"summary":"Geopolitical Economy Report is an independent new…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T08:17:26.449619+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689"},"episode":{"title":"Iran war expands: Oil market in crisis as Yemen enters conflict","slug":"iran-war-expands-oil-market-in-crisis-as-yemen-enters-conflict","published_at":"2026-07-25T15:00:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/iran-war-expands-oil-market-in-crisis-as-yemen-enters-conflict","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689","url":"https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticaleconomy/iran-war-oil-yemen","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2367780326-geopoliticaleconomy-iran-war-oil-yemen.mp3","summary":"The US war against Iran is expanding into a larger regional conflict. After Trump sabotaged a diplomatic agreement, Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz. Now Yemen's Ansar Allah (known commonly as the Houthis) has declared a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia, shutting down oil exports in the Red Sea. Ben Norton explains how this escalation could cause a severe crisis in the global energy market. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJNwRPOnFs Topics 0:00 Trump restarts Iran war 1:26 Yemen joins the war 2:45 Red Sea blockade 3:28 Oil transit chokepoints 5:05 Saudi East-West Pipeline 5:55 China cuts oil imports 6:27 Saudi oil exports 6:59 Oil price skyrockets 7:55 Gasoline prices rise 9:17 Potential for oil crisis 10:31 Reserves running low 11:21 Yemen explainer 13:07 Ansar Allah (Houthis) 22:05 Axis of Resistance 23:58 Iran grows stronger 27:17 Outro","meta_description":"The US war against Iran is expanding into a larger regional conflict. After Trump sabotaged a diplomatic agreement, Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz. No…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1647,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/episodes/iran-war-expands-oil-market-in-crisis-as-yemen-enters-conflict/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/iran-war-expands-oil-market-in-crisis-as-yemen-enters-conflict.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}