{"podcast":{"title":"UK Column Radio","slug":"uk-column-radio-1738505","podcast_index_feed_id":1738505,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/1849441/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/uk-column-radio--1849441","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3fac61f086b756e4006a6bcfd8d4b080.jpg","author":"Alternate Current Radio","episode_count":1000,"summary":"International News From Britain with Mike Robinson and Brian Gerrish","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T08:21:30.839336+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-radio-1738505"},"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-radio-1738505/trump-tacoed-on-iran-but-the-dirty-war-is-just-getting-started","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-radio-1738505","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-tacoed-on-iran-but-the-dirty-war-is-just-getting-started--72377110","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72377110/425556588_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 YouTube channel for more alternative news and indepen…","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":3597,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uk-column-radio-1738505/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-radio-1738505/trump-tacoed-on-iran-but-the-dirty-war-is-just-getting-started.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}