{"podcast":{"title":"UK Column News","slug":"uk-column-news-315425","podcast_index_feed_id":315425,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1044e334c/podcast/rss","website_url":"http://www.ukcolumn.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43572011/3e727f1068800296.png","author":"UK Column","episode_count":1204,"summary":"The UK Column is an independent news organisation analysing the information war. Operating without financial backing or external investment, we remain free from advertisers, foundations, and political parties, relying solely on support from our audience through memberships and donations.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T02:17:04.047862+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425"},"episode":{"title":"Trump Tacoed on Iran – But the Dirty War Is Just Getting Started","slug":"trump-tacoed-on-iran-but-the-dirty-war-is-just-getting-started","published_at":"2026-06-05T21:30:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425/trump-tacoed-on-iran-but-the-dirty-war-is-just-getting-started","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukcolumn/episodes/Trump-Tacoed-on-Iran--But-the-Dirty-War-Is-Just-Getting-Started-e3kcc5u","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1044e334c/podcast/play/121040510/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-5%2F425556588-44100-2-93e0f03d6ecd.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the Silk and Steel podcast, host Carl Zha welcomes back Dr. Warwick Powell – expert on international geopolitics and China – to break down the current global crisis. 🔍 What you'll learn: • Why Trump "tacoed" on Iran – and why he can't declare victory • The $100 billion war cost – and what the US is cutting instead (education, school lunches) • AUKUS submarines: Australia paying billions for SECOND-HAND US subs (no warranty) • The "constrained optimality" Orwellian bureaucratese – and the citizen's commission fighting back • Shangri-La Dialogue: Why Hegseth didn't mention Taiwan (and why that terrifies Taipei) • Japan & Philippines drawing ocean boundaries – through Taiwan's EEZ • Why the US forward base network is now unviable (Iran proved it) • China's oil reserves: 1.4 billion barrels (larger than US, Japan & Europe combined) • The "oil reserves filled with water" meme – anti-China copium explained • Coal-to-liquid, Russian oil, and why China is fine – while Japan is buying naphtha from China • Dirty wars ahead: US shifting from conventional to unconventional warfare 🎙️ Key quotes: "China has barely touched its known reserves. The dissidents just hate that China got well prepared." "The US is now a combination of extraction and perfidy." ► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here: https://bit.ly/UKColumn_Live ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website: https://www.ukcolumn.org/ ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism: https://support.ukcolumn.org/ ► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News…","meta_description":"In this episode of the Silk and Steel podcast, host Carl Zha welcomes back Dr. Warwick Powell – expert on international geopolitics and China – to break d…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3596,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uk-column-news-315425/episodes/trump-tacoed-on-iran-but-the-dirty-war-is-just-getting-started/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425/trump-tacoed-on-iran-but-the-dirty-war-is-just-getting-started.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}