{"podcast":{"title":"Spain To Go","slug":"spain-to-go-1855923","podcast_index_feed_id":1855923,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://expatmadrid.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/8060554/8060554-1729525389813-492bbd60a38fb.jpg","author":"Daniel Welsch","episode_count":149,"summary":"All about life in Spain, from a longtime expat and travel writer living in Barcelona. This podcast talks about Spanish culture, travel, language, history, politics, food and much more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T18:20:31.208001+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923"},"episode":{"title":"142 - Is Spain a poor country? GDP in Europe and the USA","slug":"142-is-spain-a-poor-country-gdp-in-europe-and-the-usa","published_at":"2026-05-27T09:57:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/142-is-spain-a-poor-country-gdp-in-europe-and-the-usa","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spain/episodes/142---Is-Spain-a-poor-country--GDP-in-Europe-and-the-USA-e3jv7br","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/play/120609595/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-27%2Fddd515d2-f243-2361-4fa3-811f4140fe61.mp3","summary":"In today's episode, I talk about GDP and GDP per capita in Spain and the USA, and I try to answer the question: Is Spain a poor country? Turns out, it's a bit complicated. We've also got some thoughts on Ireland, on India, on wealth and well-being, and much more. Donate to the podcast here: https://expatmadrid.com/donate/ Shoutout and a big thanks this week to our two donors, Keely in Scottsdale, Arizona, and multi-donor Jim AKA Seamus, who I think is in Boston. More info on Spanish GDP vs the US, and links to some of my sources, over on the blog: https://expatmadrid.com/spain-poor-country/","meta_description":"In today's episode, I talk about GDP and GDP per capita in Spain and the USA, and I try to answer the question: Is Spain a poor country? Turns out, it's a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1263,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spain-to-go-1855923/episodes/142-is-spain-a-poor-country-gdp-in-europe-and-the-usa/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/142-is-spain-a-poor-country-gdp-in-europe-and-the-usa.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}