{"podcast":{"title":"Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan","slug":"inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151","podcast_index_feed_id":1630151,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9","website_url":"http://www.irishtimes.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/1780648676812-ebeaa9d4-76af-4b9d-9ca1-e7dd33837c9c.jpeg","author":"Declan Conlon","episode_count":1034,"summary":"The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T04:18:02.622577+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151"},"episode":{"title":"How the Iran war is impacting the world's economies","slug":"how-the-iran-war-is-impacting-the-world-s-economies","published_at":"2026-03-11T12:31:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/how-the-iran-war-is-impacting-the-world-s-economies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151","url":"https://shows.acast.com/inside-politics-2/episodes/how-the-iran-war-is-impacting-the-worlds-economies","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/69b15eac645f7e43f20be047/media.mp3","summary":"As war in the Middle East rages on, the world's superpowers are making diplomatic representations to end it, and contingencies to protect their economies from the knock-on effects, namely oil and natural gas prices. China, which buys oil from Iran, would rather the conflict hadn’t begun and would like to see it concluded, according to Irish Times Beijing correspondent Denis Staunton. However its reliance on foreign oil is small in comparison to other nations. On today's podcast Hugh is joined by Denis and Political Editor Pat Leahy who says European governments, including Ireland, have a much greater problem with the volatility of the energy markets. The Irish government was one of the few incumbent European governments that was re-elected after the volatility brought on by the war in Ukraine. How will European politicians handle the Iran war challenge? Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbox? Sign up for Denis Staunton's Global Briefing newsletter here: irishtimes.com/newsletters/global-briefing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"As war in the Middle East rages on, the world's superpowers are making diplomatic representations to end it, and contingencies to protect their economies…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2192,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/episodes/how-the-iran-war-is-impacting-the-world-s-economies/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/how-the-iran-war-is-impacting-the-world-s-economies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}