The Library of Mistakes

Library of Mistakes

Based in Edinburgh, the Library of Mistakes is a free public library designed to improve understanding of finance, one mistake at a time.

Topics: History, Business, Investing

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  https://spoken.md/podcasts/1606404389/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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Example Transcripts

EP 64: The Unanchored Central Banker (with Manoj Pradhan and Charles Goodhart) July 31, 2026

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