Grace Blakeley

The Roundup Podcast #27

How commodities traders profited from the Iran war; and the tech workers taking on TikTok

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Grace Blakeley
May 04, 2026
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Hello and welcome to another edition of my podcast, The Roundup.

This podcast is for all those busy people who struggle to keep on top of all the articles they want to read. Each week, I read you all my Substack content from the previous week in one quick episode - so you can catch up while driving, walking the dog, or cleaning your house!


Households Paid for the Iran War. Speculators Got Rich.

Deregulated financial markets transmitted the cost of war straight to households - and the profits straight to Wall Street.

AI isn’t taking your job. Your boss is.

Bosses are using AI as an excuse to crush worker power. But workers aren’t going down without a fight.


Sorry the podcast was a bit late this week - I lost my voice (as you can hear on the recording!)

Thanks again for your support - and remember I’m doing an ‘ask me anything’ tonight for paid subscribers.

All the best

Grace

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