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curl -s -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://spoken.md/podcasts/151230264/episodes \
  | jq -r '.episodes[] | "\(.id) \(.title)"' \
  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
      slug=$(echo "$title" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs 'a-z0-9' '-' | sed 's/-*$//')
      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
      curl -sf -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
        https://spoken.md/transcripts/$id || rm -f "${id}-${slug}.md"
      sleep 0.34
    done

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Cash test: can Europe support Ukraine alone?

October 21, 2026

Rosie Blau (0:10)

Hello and welcome to The Intelligence. From The Economist, I'm Rosie Blau.

Jason Palmer (0:14)

And I'm Jason Palmer.

Rosie Blau (0:19)

Today on the show, private science institutions thrive in Trump's America, and European museums see a spike in art theft. But first...

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