{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Geopolitics","slug":"talking-geopolitics-1114411","podcast_index_feed_id":1114411,"rss_url":"https://geopoliticalfutures.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://geopoliticalfutures.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/1/8/d/a18d36c6a1edb10127a2322813b393ee/2021_Podcast_tile_SQUARE_1280x1280_simple--20240515-f8raokmwy5.png","author":"Geopolitical Futures","episode_count":99,"summary":"A non-partisan podcast brought to you by Geopolitical Futures, an online publication founded by internationally recognized geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. Geopolitical Futures tells you what matters in international affairs and what doesn't. Go to https://geopoliticalfutures.com/podcast for details.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T06:21:01.050688+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-geopolitics-1114411"},"episode":{"title":"America's Next Crisis: George Friedman on Immigration, Technology and the Workforce","slug":"america-s-next-crisis-george-friedman-on-immigration-technology-and-the-workforce","published_at":"2025-12-04T14:36:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-geopolitics-1114411/america-s-next-crisis-george-friedman-on-immigration-technology-and-the-workforce","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-geopolitics-1114411","url":"https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/geopoliticalfutures/id/39267370","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/geopoliticalfutures/TG2025_E24_mixdown_-14.mp3?dest-id=576122","summary":"In his book, The Storm Before the Calm, Geopolitical Futures chairman and founder George Friedman explained the challenges that low birth rates and longer life expectancy will bring to America. As an aging population causes a shrinking workforce, this deepening demographic crisis could have long-term impacts across the globe. And the solutions come with their own set of challenges. On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, George joins host Christian Smith to break it all down, from the use of immigration to stabilize labor markets, to artificial intelligence and much more. And for more analysis, go to https://geopoliticalfutures.com/gpf-newsletter/ to get access to our free newsletter as well as our NEW special report: Reviving NATO's Eastern Line, by GPF Senior Analyst Antonia Colibasanu. This report is available for a limited time.","meta_description":"In his book, The Storm Before the Calm, Geopolitical Futures chairman and founder George Friedman explained the challenges that low birth rates and longer…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1960,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-geopolitics-1114411/episodes/america-s-next-crisis-george-friedman-on-immigration-technology-and-the-workforce/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-geopolitics-1114411/america-s-next-crisis-george-friedman-on-immigration-technology-and-the-workforce.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}