{"podcast":{"title":"The Insurgency with Steve Baker","slug":"the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429","podcast_index_feed_id":7492429,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1090ea0c4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.fightingforafreefuture.com/listen-to-the-insurgency/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44369209/44369209-1757101850035-21ca2abe436fe.jpg","author":"Fighting for a Free Future","episode_count":45,"summary":"Welcome to The Insurgency with Steve Baker, a podcast from Fighting for a Free Future. Every two weeks, join Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA and Harry Richer, the Director of FFF, as they sit down with leading figures from the worlds of politics, journalism, and academia and together interrogate the public debate and the issues which matter most. Please subscribe today to support FFF. If you wish to see bonus episodes & extended interviews, please consider becoming a paid supporter at voices.fightingforafreefuture.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T04:18:51.666622+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429"},"episode":{"title":"Argentina’s Warning: Is the UK Sleepwalking to Collapse?","slug":"argentina-s-warning-is-the-uk-sleepwalking-to-collapse","published_at":"2026-06-29T15:18:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429/argentina-s-warning-is-the-uk-sleepwalking-to-collapse","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-insurgency/episodes/Argentinas-Warning-Is-the-UK-Sleepwalking-to-Collapse-e3le6jr","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1090ea0c4/podcast/play/122148923/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-29%2F427037743-44100-2-b793674b41f5f.mp3","summary":"Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Subscribe to Rob's substack today: https://ofwealth.substack.com/Argentina hit annual inflation of over 200%, multiple exchange rates and soaring poverty before voters handed Javier Milei a mandate for radical free‑market shock therapy. Rob Marstrand breaks down what his government has actually done so far, from slashing the state and deregulating at chainsaw speed to forcing inflation sharply down and narrowing Argentina’s risk premia, and then compares it to Britain’s cautious drift into higher taxes, heavier regulation and long‑term decline.📰 Exclusive post-show: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: liam@stevebaker.infoThumbnail image: “Javier Milei VIVA 24” by Vox España. Original: https://www.flickr.com/photos/voxespana/53732400023/ – via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Javier_Milei_VIVA_24.jpgLicensed under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (public domain): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","meta_description":"Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Subscribe to Rob's substack toda…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2274,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429/episodes/argentina-s-warning-is-the-uk-sleepwalking-to-collapse/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429/argentina-s-warning-is-the-uk-sleepwalking-to-collapse.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}