{"podcast":{"title":"The Econoclasts","slug":"the-econoclasts-6347002","podcast_index_feed_id":6347002,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/644d3eb26d7c8a0011cf2a0b","website_url":"https://unherd.com/these-times","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/644d3eb26d7c8a0011cf2a0b/1761322833913-f149aced-c084-4770-9326-165ad0f06dcb.jpeg","author":"UnHerd Limited","episode_count":172,"summary":"The Econoclasts is a new podcast from UnHerd hosted by economist Yanis Varoufakis and journalist Wolfgang Munchau. While they don't always agree politically, they are united in one conviction: the consensus is rotten. Mainstream economics has consistently failed to predict the events that shape our world, yet this broken orthodoxy still dominates policy and media. Each week, they choose two pillars of the established orthodoxy — the \"settled facts\" — and shatter them, cutting through the spin to connect the dots between money, geopolitics, and the real forces shaping our future. Don't forget to rate, like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T10:18:03.462666+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-econoclasts-6347002"},"episode":{"title":"Germany’s historic humiliation & Britain's financial trap","slug":"germany-s-historic-humiliation-britain-s-financial-trap","published_at":"2026-06-09T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-econoclasts-6347002/germany-s-historic-humiliation-britain-s-financial-trap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-econoclasts-6347002","url":"https://shows.acast.com/these-times/episodes/germanys-historic-humiliation-britains-financial-trap","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/644d3eb26d7c8a0011cf2a0b/e/6a283684ec7c103dcabc4334/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau debunk conventional wisdom by analysing Germany’s shocking UN Security Council voting failure as a symptom of its diplomatic hubris and international unpopularity, while tearing down the illusion of British sovereignty to reveal how the United Kingdom has become a financial vassal completely trapped by its dependence on leveraged American capital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau debunk conventional wisdom by analysing Germany’s shocking UN Security Council v…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2248,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-econoclasts-6347002/episodes/germany-s-historic-humiliation-britain-s-financial-trap/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-econoclasts-6347002/germany-s-historic-humiliation-britain-s-financial-trap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}