{"podcast":{"title":"The Economics Show","slug":"the-economics-show-6910728","podcast_index_feed_id":6910728,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/664394a442f6710013618119","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-economics-show-with-soumaya-keynes","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/664394a442f6710013618119/1769764604173-577f36d4-d96a-42ee-96b9-7aaee7724352.jpeg","author":"Financial Times","episode_count":123,"summary":"The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes is a new weekly podcast from the Financial Times packed full of smart, digestible analysis and incisive conversation. Soumaya Keynes digs deep into the hottest topics in economics along with a cast of FT colleagues and special guests. Come for the big ideas, stay for the nerdery. Soumaya Keynes is an economics columnist for the Financial Times. Prior to joining the FT she worked at The Economist for eight years as a staff writer, where as well as covering trade, the US economy and the UK economy she co-hosted the Money Talks podcast. She also co-founded the Trade Talks podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T14:18:14.786441+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economics-show-6910728"},"episode":{"title":"What an economist eats for lunch (in 2026), with Tyler Cowen","slug":"what-an-economist-eats-for-lunch-in-2026-with-tyler-cowen","published_at":"2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economics-show-6910728/what-an-economist-eats-for-lunch-in-2026-with-tyler-cowen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economics-show-6910728","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-economics-show-with-soumaya-keynes/episodes/what-an-economist-eats-for-lunch-in-2026-with-tyler-cowen","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/664394a442f6710013618119/e/6984d9dbe3a23197cb3c22a6/media.mp3","summary":"If you want to understand food – and eat better – economics is a good place to start. How do immigration patterns shape a country’s cuisine? How do labour laws make our working lunches worse? And why do strip malls serve such good grub? To find out, Soumaya Keynes talks to Tyler Cowen, economics professor at George Mason University and chair of the Mercatus Center think-tank. Cowen has written about food for more than two decades, including in his 2012 book  An Economist Gets Lunch. Read Soumaya’s columns here: https://www.ft.com/soumaya-keynes Subscribe to The Economics Show on Apple , Spotify , Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.  Presented by Soumaya Keynes. Produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s global head of audio. Original music and sound design by Breen Turner. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"If you want to understand food – and eat better – economics is a good place to start. How do immigration patterns shape a country’s cuisine? How do labour…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1973,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-economics-show-6910728/episodes/what-an-economist-eats-for-lunch-in-2026-with-tyler-cowen/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-economics-show-6910728/what-an-economist-eats-for-lunch-in-2026-with-tyler-cowen.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}