{"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":"The West’s Iran crisis: Global recession & Russian revenue","slug":"the-west-s-iran-crisis-global-recession-russian-revenue","published_at":"2026-03-18T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-econoclasts-6347002/the-west-s-iran-crisis-global-recession-russian-revenue","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-econoclasts-6347002","url":"https://shows.acast.com/these-times/episodes/ep-22","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/644d3eb26d7c8a0011cf2a0b/e/69b9b708efe096304c82da3c/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau dismantle the narratives surrounding the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, breaking down how the resulting energy shock could trigger a permanent global recession. As the West faces systemic economic damage and a depleted military arsenal, and Russia reaps a massive financial windfall, is the West sleepwalking into a dual defeat in both Iran and Ukraine? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau dismantle the narratives surrounding the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, breaki…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2109,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-econoclasts-6347002/episodes/the-west-s-iran-crisis-global-recession-russian-revenue/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/the-west-s-iran-crisis-global-recession-russian-revenue.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}