{"podcast":{"title":"Multipolarity","slug":"multipolarity-5951710","podcast_index_feed_id":5951710,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/multipolarity/","website_url":"https://multipolarity.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4ec861e1-b9d1-4821-8e0e-859f3ad2e7b3/6qNVpAP8jM0ohVS4NVesEHAO.jpg","author":"Multipolarity","episode_count":190,"summary":"Charting The Rise Of A Multipolar World Order Philip Pilkington is an unorthodox macroeconomist. Andrew Collingwood is an equally skeptical journalist. Lately, both have realised that - post-Ukraine, post-Afghanistan withdrawal - the old, unipolar, US-led world order is in its death throes. In its wake, something new is being born. But what shape will that take? That will depend on a combustible combination of economics and geopolitics; trade and military muscle. Each week, our duo take three off-radar news stories and explain how each is shaping our multipolar reality.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/multipolarity-5951710"},"episode":{"title":"Special Edition: Dire Straits","slug":"special-edition-dire-straits","published_at":"2026-03-12T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/multipolarity-5951710/special-edition-dire-straits","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/multipolarity-5951710","url":"https://multipolarity.captivate.fm/episode/special-edition-dire-straits","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e722d66c-14b9-42ac-9e8d-176029661fb7.mp3","summary":"As Iran smoulders, ships burn in Hormuz, and TACO traders search for signal in the thunderous noise, we’re celebrating the end of the world in the only way we know how - two audio essays. Philip Pilkington on the economic consequences of the war. And Andrew Collingwood on the political mess we’re in.","meta_description":"As Iran smoulders, ships burn in Hormuz, and TACO traders search for signal in the thunderous noise, we’re celebrating the end of the world in the only wa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3581,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/multipolarity-5951710/episodes/special-edition-dire-straits/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/multipolarity-5951710/special-edition-dire-straits.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}