Friday Night Economic Review
Hosted by Sarah Westall · 18 decoded episodes · newest Sep 25, 2026
Friday Night Economic Review is a recurring segment of Sarah Westall’s Business Game Changers podcast, featuring conversations about finance, economics, geopolitics, markets, monetary systems, and emerging risks. Hosted by investigative journalist Sarah Westall, the segment brings in analysts and subject-matter experts to examine major economic and political developments.
Episodes 18
- Sep 4, 2026 · 49 minMarkets rise as households absorb the economic strainThe discussion connects household pressure, government spending, geopolitical risk, and silver scarcity to a broader argument about distorted economic signals.
- Sep 3, 2026 · 1h 2mPrivacy advocates warn surveillance is becoming everyday infrastructureThe conversation examines how data collection, algorithmic manipulation, and digital identification could shift power from individuals toward centralized institutions.
- Sep 1, 2026 · 1h 8mSchlanger links modern war to finance, censorship and creditThe conversation presents war, surveillance and economic inequality as connected outcomes of concentrated financial and political power, then argues for sovereignty, education and productive credit as alternatives.
- Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 3mLuongo links Iran tensions to a global financial realignmentThe conversation presents Hormuz, oil collateral, trade negotiations, and semiconductor supply as connected pieces of a broader struggle over capital and strategic power.
- Aug 27, 2026 · 37 minPublic research meets claims of hidden propulsionThe conversation asks whether taxpayer-funded discoveries in advanced physics become private assets before the public can benefit.
- Aug 25, 2026 · 54 minCashman links Kanye’s handlers to a wider crisis of controlThe conversation connects one celebrity’s business and family struggles to broader concerns about media manipulation, AI governance, surveillance, and elite accountability.