{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Seasoned & Unfiltered","title":"“Transitory” Was a Hell of an Expensive Word","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2193,"description":"They told us inflation was “transitory.”\n\nApparently, “transitory” can last a little longer than expected.\nIn this episode of Seasoned & Unfiltered, Steveo runs the tape on one of the most repeated economic talking points of the Biden years and asks a simple question: when the numbers changed, why did the response take so long?\n\nWe dig into the inflation surge that began in 2021, the Fed’s delayed interest-rate response, the 9.1% peak in 2022, and what rising prices actually meant for American families. Then Steveo puts the Biden-era numbers next to the first part of Trump’s second term to see what the data says about inflation, wages, tariffs, grocery prices, and the cost of living.\nAnd yes, there’s an argument for the other side. COVID disrupted supply chains. The economy reopened unevenly. Russia invaded Ukraine. Nobody had a crystal ball.\nBut being wrong once is one thing.\nStaying wrong while the numbers keep changing? That deserves a conversation.\nPrices don’t magically go back down just because inflation slows — and Americans are still living with the consequences.\nThis is Seasoned & Unfiltered. Check the numbers. Make up your own mind. And if it makes you a little mad… well, good.\nCHAPTERS\n00:00 — “Transitory.” Yeah… About That\nThe word that aged about as well as milk.\n02:16 — The 21.2% Question\nSteveo lays out the number that drives the entire episode.\n02:33 — When Yellen Called Inflation “Transitory”\nWhat Americans were being told in 2021.\n04:27 — The Numbers Were Already Changing\nInflation climbs while policymakers maintain their position.\n06:06 — Then Inflation Hit 9.1%\nThe 2022 peak and why “temporary” became harder to defend.\n07:20 — What Inflation Actually Cost American Families\nThis wasn't just an economic chart — households felt it.\n08:42 — The Best Defense of Yellen and Powell\nCOVID, supply chains, reopening and the argument from the other side.\n11:48 — When Being Wrong Becomes Policy\nWas the Federal Reserve too slow to react?\n14:44 — Why Did the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/O18VYo-zEDldZI2Z3FEjwXCu6IueVzpKAsZKII-DYXY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZDVi/NjcxMzcxNTcwMjM5/ZmJhZGRiNDBmMWQy/MjRiNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}