The Economist
Open to debate: Harris and Trump clash
- Title
- Open to debate: Harris and Trump clash
- Runtime
- 52:33
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- On Tuesday night in Philadelphia Donald Trump and Kamala Harris took part in what might be the only debate (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/09/11/kamala-harris-makes-donald-trump-look-out-of-his-depth?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=checksandbalance&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) between them in this campaign. The race is extremely close (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/09/11/the-systemic-bias-kamala-harris-must-overcome-in-order-to-win?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=checksandbalance&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners): will the debate make any difference?
John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Adam O’Neal. They’re joined by The Economist’s James Bennet, Lane Greene and Owen Winter.
This episode draws on audio from CBS and C-Span.
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- Title
- Come on out, the vacuum’s fine: SpaceX
- Runtime
- 27:24
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Capsule that can withstand vacuum? Check. Low-pressure spacesuit? Check. Space-friendly Doritos? Check. The first spacewalk by private citizens (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/08/28/billionaire-space-travel-heads-for-a-new-frontier?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) showcases SpaceX’s prowess, the viability of privately funded exploration—and extraplanetary product placement. Gene editing (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/08/01/genomic-medicines-can-cost-3m-a-dose-how-to-make-them-affordable?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) has revolutionised the treatment for certain conditions, but can the staggering prices be brought down (11:30)? And some big news about Espresso (https://www.economistgroup.com/pr...
- Title
- Chip wreck: Intel is on the rocks
- Runtime
- 24:22
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- One of America’s stalwart tech giants is on the ropes, having first missed the move to mobile and then the one to AI. We ask what fate awaits it. Our correspondent meets with Vadym Sukharevsky (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/07/22/vadym-sukharevsky-the-man-in-charge-of-ukraines-drones?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), head of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces—the world’s first drone commander (9:05). And what is behind Donald Trump’s outlandish claim (https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2024/09/11/donald-trump-says-immigrants-are-eating-springfields-pets-what?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) of immigrants eating pets in Ohio (16:40).
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- Title
- Don wan: Harris keeps Trump tame
- Runtime
- 23:15
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The vice-president turned in a confident if imperfect performance, leaving Donald Trump flustered (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/09/11/kamala-harris-makes-donald-trump-look-out-of-his-depth?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners). But will it change anything? A global shortfall of blood plasma is hampering the development of new medicines; we argue for some simple market forces that could plug the gap (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/08/29/people-should-be-paid-for-blood-plasma?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (11:40). And how Nigerians are slimming (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/08/29/a-nigerians-guide-to-weddings-during-the-cozzie-livs?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_sourc...
- Title
- Mario druthers: Draghi’s plan for Europe
- Runtime
- 24:21
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The EU’s unofficial chief technocrat issued a doorstop of a report outlining how the bloc can boost growth (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/09/09/can-anything-spark-europes-economy-back-to-life?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) and keep up in a changing world. Is it all too ambitious? Mexico’s lame-duck president has one last project in mind: undermining the judiciary (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/08/29/amlos-dangerous-last-blast-threatens-mexico?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:44). And as the film “Fight Club” turns 25 our correspondent finds many of its disturbing messages still resonate (https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/08/23/twenty-five-years-on-fight-club-punches-harder-th...
- Title
- Plainly reigns but on a plane to Spain: Venezuela’s leader
- Runtime
- 24:15
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Nicolás Maduro has stolen an election, again—but this time the rightful winner felt so threatened that he has fled to Spain (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/08/29/nicolas-maduro-digs-in-with-the-help-of-a-pliant-supreme-court?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners). We ask what happens next. A valedictory dispatch (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/08/22/why-americas-tech-giants-have-got-bigger-and-stronger?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) from our global business columnist asks why the forces of “creative destruction” seem to have faded (10:27). And the youth clubs that stitched together the fabric of young Britons’ lives are disappearing (https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/08/22/youth-clubs-in-britain-hav...
- Title
- Grand Barnier: France’s new prime minister
- Runtime
- 25:06
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Two months ago, French politics was thrown into crisis after a snap election left no party with a clear majority. Michel Barnier (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/09/05/turmoil-awaits-michel-barnier-frances-new-prime-minister?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), the new prime minister, has a huge task ahead. Donald Trump’s campaign took time to adjust to the nomination of Kamala Harris. Now he’s on the attack (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/09/04/the-trump-campaign-unleashes-a-barrage-of-negative-advertisements?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) again (9:40). And celebrating the life of stonemason, Simon Verity (https://www.economist.com/obituary/2024/09/04/simon-verity-believed-in-working-the-medieval-way?utm_ca...
- Title
- What happens to your brain when you burn out?
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- What happens to your brain when you burn out? This is the science behind thinking too hard.
00:00 - Does thinking make you tired?
00:21 - What biochemical changes take place?
00:51 - What is glutamate?
01:13 - How to stop burnout?
How thinking hard makes the brain tired: https://econ.st/3TfP0A5
Pity the modern manager—burnt-out, distracted and overloaded: https://econ.st/3B0VVGR
How to keep the brain healthy: https://econ.st/4cU1YdP
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- Title
- Current affairs: how batteries will green the grid
- Runtime
- 23:43
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Though we use more renewable energy than ever before, electricity grids need ways to cope with intermittent wind or solar power. Innovations that make batteries to store that energy bigger, cheaper (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/09/01/clean-energys-next-trillion-dollar-business?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) and more efficient can help. Why tourists are flocking to Asia (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/08/15/the-global-tourism-boom-is-shifting-to-asia?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (9:41). And a listener asks how we should talk to our children (https://www.economist.com/schools-brief?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_n...
- Title
- Beyond the bullets: we go to Ukraine
- Runtime
- 27:38
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- We take a look at the grim conditions in and prospects for the frontlines in the country’s east and north. But not all of the fighting is military in nature. We examine a far wider cultural revival going on (10:59), in music and fashion and long-forgotten ingredients and methods of Ukrainian cuisine (19:13). “Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow” sung by Andriy Khlyvnyuk
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- Title
- The sound of fury: pressure builds within Israel
- Runtime
- 25:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The recovery of six hostages from Gaza has provoked mass demonstrations on the streets of Israel and a general strike. But Israel’s government (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/08/29/have-israels-far-right-religious-nationalists-peaked?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) refuses to bow to pressure and a ceasefire deal remains elusive. Why are women less likely (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/08/21/why-dont-women-use-artificial-intelligence?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) to use AI than men (10:27)? And how to make Mars more habitable (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/08/07/engineered-dust-could-help-make-mars-habitable?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm...
- Title
- Our Espresso app is now free for students worldwide
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Espresso, our short-form, daily news app, is now free for high school and university students worldwide. Search for “Economist Espresso student” to sign up
- Title
- Extremes come true: Germany’s far-right triumph
- Runtime
- 23:08
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The hard right has taken Germany into uncharted territory (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/09/01/the-hard-right-takes-germany-into-uncharted-territory?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), winning one state election and racking up a large share in another. The far left is on the march too. Is Germany dividing into East and West again? Motorbike taxis (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/08/15/cheap-asian-motorcycles-are-transforming-african-cities?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) are transforming Africa’s cities (11:10). And how farmers in Spain are delivering truffles (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/15/how-a-spanish-province-became-the-worlds-truffle-leader?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcas...
- Title
- For whom the well tolls: Why we must price water
- Runtime
- 24:15
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Water scarcity is growing even in parts of the world that used to be drought-free. Since most countries waste (https://www.economist.com/international/2024/08/26/the-poisonous-global-politics-of-water?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) vast quantities of water, charging for it would help. Our correspondent travelled to America’s northern border (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/08/21/behind-the-surge-in-migrants-crossing-at-americas-northern-border?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) to report on illegal crossings from Canada (8:57). And the life of biological anthropologist Helen Fisher (https://www.economist.com/obituary/2024/08/29/helen-fisher-found-out-the-science-behind-romance?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podc...
- Title
- Nvincible? What could curb Nvidia’s supremacy
- Runtime
- 26:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The American chip designer has become one of the world’s most valuable companies on the back of the AI revolution. But there are some contradictions in Nvidia’s plans for the future (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/08/26/what-could-stop-the-nvidia-frenzy?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners). California’s iconic Highway 1 is under threat (https://www.economist.com/interactive/united-states/2024/07/30/the-demise-of-an-iconic-american-highway?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:46). And why Europeans are spurning nudity (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/15/the-great-cover-up-europe-is-losing-its-penchant-for-public-nudity?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery...
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- Cryptic message: why arrest Telegram’s founder?
- Runtime
- 24:09
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- As Pavel Durov (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/08/27/the-arrest-of-telegrams-founder-rattles-social-media?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) sits in a French cell waiting to find out if he will be charged, our correspondent probes the links between Telegram and Russia. What central bankers and monetary policy specialists have been talking about at their annual jamboree at Jackson Hole (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/08/27/vast-government-debts-are-riskier-than-they-appear?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (9:16). And we answer another listener question (https://www.economist.com/schools-brief?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous...
- Title
- Block busters: how Russia flouts sanctions
- Runtime
- 23:38
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Since the invasion of Ukraine, the West has deployed massive economic restrictions (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/19/the-mysterious-middlemen-helping-russias-war-machine?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) on Russian trade. So why is Russia’s economy growing? A survivor’s story from the forgotten conflict (https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2024/08/24/the-war-the-world-ignores?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) in Sudan (10:47). And Turkey tries to rid its streets of stray dogs (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/08/turkeys-president-refuses-to-let-sleeping-dogs-lie?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa...
- Title
- The chips are down: will diet drugs devour junk food?
- Runtime
- 22:31
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Snack-food companies have long shown their adaptability to changing diets (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/08/18/can-big-food-adapt-to-healthier-diets?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners). How could the rise of appetite-suppressing drugs and fears about ultra-processed foods change the food we consume? How hearing aids and other lifestyle choices can reduce your risk of dementia (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/08/05/how-to-reduce-the-risk-of-developing-dementia?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (11:00). And why it’s time to revive the siesta (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/08/the-siesta-is-still-a-serious-business-in-europes-south?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theint...
- Title
- KamaChameleon: What does Harris stand for?
- Runtime
- 26:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- After an electric week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Kamala Harris now faces the real test (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/08/22/kamala-harris-can-beat-donald-trump-but-how-would-she-govern?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) in her bid to be president. Can she convince American voters? In the third part of our series on dating apps, we visit Brazil, China and Pakistan (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/08/08/why-people-have-fallen-out-of-love-with-dating-apps?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:24). And our obituaries editor celebrates the life of Wally Amos (https://www.economist.com/obituary/2024/08/22/wally-amos-built-and-lost-a-delicious-empire?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_...
- Title
- Electric eye: AI is helping fight terrorists
- Runtime
- 26:20
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Predicting political violence is a painstaking job. Now AI is helping analysts (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/07/31/how-america-built-an-ai-tool-to-predict-taliban-attacks?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) look for clues and throwing up fascinating insights into the shifts that may indicate a strike is coming. Why Cuba could be heading towards economic and social collapse (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/07/21/cuba-is-out-of-supplies-and-out-of-ideas?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (11:01). And our correspondent visits Odessa where Ukrainians are rediscovering the beach (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/07/30/amid-the-bombs-ukrainians-rediscover-the-beach?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio....
- Title
- The human strain: can mpox be contained?
- Runtime
- 25:20
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Mpox is spreading fast across Africa, yet public information campaigns are scant and vaccines in short supply. Is a new pandemic in the offing? Strategists are pondering a new potential threat from Russia: the possibility that it could detonate a nuclear weapon in space (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/06/27/the-race-to-prevent-satellite-armageddon?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (09:42). And an Economist correspondent answers another of your questions about Artificial Intelligence (https://www.economist.com/schools-brief?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (18:16).
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- Title
- Byte by byte: Iran and Israel’s escalating cyberwar
- Runtime
- 22:27
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- While many people fear the risk of a wider war breaking out in the Middle East, a parallel battle (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/08/15/irans-electronic-confrontation-with-israel?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) is already ongoing – in the digital sphere. Can China challenge a long-standing duopoly (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/07/25/can-china-smash-the-airbus-boeing-duopoly?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) in the airline industry (10:16)? And the latest Carrie Bradshaw index (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/08/04/our-carrie-bradshaw-index-where-americans-can-afford-to-live-solo?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.a...
- Title
- Hail Harris: the Democratic convention begins
- Runtime
- 23:22
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- As Democrats convene in Chicago, polls suggest Kamala Harris (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/08/15/our-forecast-puts-kamala-harris-and-donald-trump-neck-and-neck?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) is ahead by a whisker in the US presidential race. Can the party sustain the momentum? In hospital, your recovery may depend not just on diagnostic technology or the drugs you take, but whether your doctor is a woman (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/08/07/do-women-make-better-doctors-than-men?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:11). And new research into elephant communication (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/06/10/like-people-elephants-call-each-other-by-name?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_mediu...
- Title
- Landing padded: the global-recession risk
- Runtime
- 26:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Inflation, interest rates and jobless numbers are on healthy trends; markets are gaining back ground. As the spectre of global recession fades (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/08/07/a-global-recession-is-not-in-prospect?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) we ask why fear has persisted. In the second instalment of our series on dating (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/08/08/why-people-have-fallen-out-of-love-with-dating-apps?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) we look at what singles are doing beyond the apps (10:23). And a tribute to Joss Naylor (https://www.economist.com/obituary/2024/08/14/joss-naylor-never-let-any-mountain-defeat-him?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&...
- Title
- The best non-fiction of 2024—so far
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Packing for your summer holiday? Rachel Lloyd, our deputy culture editor, discusses five of our top non-fiction books of the year so far.
- Title
- What Trump means for nuclear defence
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Donald Trump is a fan of nuclear weapons. If he were to win the 2024 election he would make nuclear deterrence even more unstable
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What would nuclear war in the 21st century look like?: https://econ.st/3X0XJse
1843: Inside a nuclear-power station on Ukraine’s front line: https://econ.st/4dIfjql
Beware a world without American power: https://econ.st/3WJu31i
- Title
- One peace at a time: Gaza, Israel and Iran
- Runtime
- 23:53
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Peace talks in Doha have a chance at progress even in Hamas’s absence. The outcome could determine the scope of Iran’s promised retaliations (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/08/07/israeli-aircraft-buzz-beirut-as-the-drums-of-war-bang-loud?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) against Israel. New research suggests Mars may have an ocean’s worth of water deep in its crust (https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2024/08/13/the-significance-of-liquid-water-on-mars?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:30). And Colombia’s bid (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/08/08/colombia-prepares-for-a-vanilla-boom?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discov...
- Title
- The best fiction of 2024—so far
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Looking for your next summer read? Our deputy culture editor, Rachel Lloyd, shares five of The Economist's top fiction books of 2024—so far.
- Title
- Bait the hook! Fishing in the global talent pool
- Runtime
- 25:26
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Skilled immigrants bring more than just their expertise to job markets. But governments miss opportunities to attract them—or make them feel entirely unwelcome. In America it seems like the standard tip fraction just keeps going up and up (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/06/20/is-america-approaching-peak-tip?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (11:36). Where will it end? And as part of our “schools briefs (https://www.economist.com/schools-brief?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners)” primer on AI, we answer your questions, starting with facial recognition (18:28).
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- Title
- AIOU: what if the AI boom busts?
- Runtime
- 24:03
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Corporate investment in artificial-intelligence infrastructure reaches $1.4trn by some estimates. We ask what might threaten (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/07/28/what-could-kill-the-1trn-artificial-intelligence-boom?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) the expected windfalls that justify the spending. A Japanese mine’s bid to be listed by UNESCO was made harder because it ignores South Korean wartime forced labour (10:49). And why a nicotine pouch (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/08/03/why-do-conservatives-in-america-love-zyn?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) has so many fans on America’s right (18:03).
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- Title
- The boot is on the other foot: Ukraine’s surprise incursion
- Runtime
- 25:19
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Part of Russia is under foreign control for the first time since the second world war. We ask about the strategy behind the surprise raid (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/11/ukraines-shock-raid-deep-inside-russia-rages-on?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners)—which may not be the last. The Paris Olympics were, all told, a tremendous success, with some lessons (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/10/pariss-stunning-vision-for-the-olympics-wins-a-gold-medal?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) for future games (11:47). And the 3-D holographic displays (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/07/24/augmented-reality-offers-a-safer-driving-experience?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theinte...
- Title
- What happens to your brain when you fall in love?
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- 00:00 - Love at first sight
00:57 - Love in the long term
01:20 - Love as a necessity
What really happens to your brain when you fall in love? We explain the science of attraction.
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- Title
- Expelling mistake: the costs of hardline immigration policy
- Runtime
- 25:08
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The rich world is experiencing record migrant flows (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/07/21/the-rich-world-revolts-against-sky-high-immigration?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners)—and the attendant social upheaval. Finding immigration policies that are not economically ruinous is damnably hard. Our three-part series starts to unpack why people are so fed up (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/08/08/why-people-have-fallen-out-of-love-with-dating-apps?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) with the big dating apps (11:10). And the head-spinning history (https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/07/29/the-paris-olympics-are-breakings-one-shot-to-become-a-global-sport?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_so...
- Title
- Arrivals haul: anti-tourism’s folly
- Runtime
- 21:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Tourists are getting decidedly less-warm welcomes in popular spots, but blunt anti-tourism policies are self-defeating. We look at how to maintain benefits (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/08/01/how-to-make-tourism-work-for-locals-and-visitors-alike?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) for both the visitors and the visited. As Russia tries to avoid another military draft, a slick recruitment drive (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/10/21/where-are-russias-newest-soldiers-coming-from?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) seems to be bringing in new troops (09:22). And fatigue with smartphones is leading to a fashion for dumb ones (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/08/01/dumb-phones-are-making-a-comeback?utm_campaign...
- Title
- Walz onto the stage: Kamala Harris’s VP pick
- Runtime
- 26:18
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Tim Walz, a folksy Midwesterner who came late to politics, is on the Democratic ticket. We ask how he got there (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/08/06/why-kamala-harris-picked-tim-walz-as-her-running-mate?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) and whether he was the best tactical pick. A visit to Lebanon reveals a sense of foreboding, as a sharper war between Israel and Hizbullah seems inevitable (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/07/28/israeli-retaliation-in-lebanon-seems-inevitable?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (11:04). And the executives who just don’t know when to quit (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/07/18/how-a-ceo-knows-when-to-quit?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_so...
- Title
- More than Sheikh could stick at: Bangladesh’s PM resigns
- Runtime
- 24:18
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Sheikh Hasina, who led the country for 20 of the past 28 years with an increasingly authoritarian grip, was ultimately undone (https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/08/05/bangladeshs-dictator-flees-leaving-behind-a-dangerous-vacuum?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) by student protests that would not be quelled. China may be world-leading in autonomous taxis (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/07/24/chinas-robotaxis-are-racing-ahead-of-teslas?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners)—but our ride in one is not without complications (9:00). And remembering Thomas Neff (https://www.economist.com/obituary/2024/07/25/thomas-neffs-idea-rid-the-world-of-a-third-of-its-nuclear-warheads?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=t...
- Title
- Enter staged right: misinformation feeds Britain’s riots
- Runtime
- 22:38
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Unrest across the country has been driven in part by the provably false claims of right-wing provocateurs. We examine the real concerns underlying the violence, and how to end it swiftly (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/08/04/how-to-respond-to-the-riots-on-britains-streets?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners). Japanese politics had until recently been anachronistically tame; not so now that the social-media populists have arrived (https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/07/11/social-media-populists-have-arrived-in-japan?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:18). And the notable parallels (https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/07/05/power-grabbing-tips-from-house-of-the-dragon-and-shogun?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np...
- Title
- Tense exchange: Russia’s prisoner swap
- Runtime
- 27:41
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The biggest exchange of prisoners (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/01/the-deal-that-freed-evan-gershkovich-was-not-just-a-prisoner-swap?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) between Russia and the West since the Cold War included opposition leaders, journalists and prisoners of conscience. Our correspondent accompanies America’s defence secretary on a tour of Asia designed to bolster military alliances (https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/07/27/america-recreates-a-warfighting-command-in-japan?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (12:17). And why King Charles counts his swans (https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/07/25/how-king-charles-iii-counts-his-swans?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence...
- Title
- Could this Palestinian end the conflict with Israel?
- Runtime
- 4:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- 00:00 - The world’s most important prisoner
00:12 - Barghouti’s beginnings
01:10 - The Oslo Accords and diplomacy
02:04 - Political rise
03:20 - Imprisonment and Palestinian politics
04:18 - Barghouti’s influence today
Marwan Barghouti is the only Palestinian who could help end the conflict with Israel. But he’s been in prison for over 20 years.
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- Title
- Yuan direction: Chinese firms head south
- Runtime
- 24:05
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- As domestic demand in China slows, and the West puts up trade and political barriers, Chinese firms are shifting (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/08/01/chinese-companies-are-winning-the-global-south?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) their focus to poorer parts of the world. After Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure intensify, our correspondent visits a wrecked power plant (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/07/15/half-ukraines-power-is-knocked-out-winter-is-coming?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (9:10). And how the doner kebab (https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/06/25/the-doner-kebab-has-a-meaty-role-in-german-society?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_conten...
- Title
- Struck out: A Hamas leader is assassinated
- Runtime
- 22:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- After the killing of Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh, what are the prospects for ceasefire talks in the region? In Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has declared victory (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/07/29/nicolas-maduro-claims-implausible-victory-in-venezuelas-election?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) in presidential elections, but the opposition says the vote was rigged and protests have erupted on the streets (9:41). And why cooking may not be as healthy (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2024/07/12/why-cooking-causes-4m-premature-deaths-a-year?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) as you think (18:03).
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- Title
- Down to the wires: Africa’s digital lag
- Runtime
- 21:24
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The dearth of fixed-line infrastructure that allowed the continent to leapfrog into the mobile-phone age now holds it back. We ask how to ensure (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/07/25/how-to-ensure-africa-is-not-left-behind-by-the-ai-revolution?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) the even spread of AI’s dividends. A stinking Seine (https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/07/25/the-seine-may-determine-athletes-success-at-the-paris-olympics?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) has delayed the Olympic triathlon, but the river could one day help clean up Paris (7:09). And how “The Blair Witch Project” changed horror films (https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/07/23/how-the-blair-witch-project-changed-horror-films?utm_campaign=a...
- Title
- Warpath: Israel vows revenge on Hizbullah
- Runtime
- 26:09
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- After an airstrike killed 12 children in Israel-controlled territory (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/07/28/israeli-retaliation-in-lebanon-seems-inevitable?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) at the weekend, retaliation in Lebanon seems inevitable. The end result could be a war on multiple fronts. British prisons are in crisis, so what should the new Labour government (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/07/18/how-labour-should-reform-britains-overstuffed-prisons?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) do (10:07)? And for the past 50 years, the Kronos quartet in America has brought together musical traditions to redefine classical music (https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/06/27/how-kronos-became-the-worlds-most-...
- Title
- Field of streams: sports viewing changes
- Runtime
- 24:12
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- As the Olympics begin, more people than ever will be watching via streaming services. We examine the changing viewing habits transforming (https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/07/25/a-shift-in-the-media-business-is-changing-what-it-is-to-be-a-sports-fan?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) sport’s role in the broadcast business. The sentencing (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/07/19/russia-sentences-evan-gershkovich-to-16-years-on-bogus-spying-charges?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) of Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist, reveals the empty, performative nature of justice in Russia today (11:10). And the internet has dubbed Kamala Harris “brat (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/07/25/is-kamala-harris-brat?u...
- Title
- Bibi talk: a speech light on detail
- Runtime
- 23:46
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Anyone hoping to glean hints of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plans for the Gaza war and its aftermath will have been disappointed: it was a political speech aimed at Israelis. Nigerians spend more than anyone on food, as a fraction of income. We look at the factors making the squeeze even tighter (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/07/11/soaring-food-price-inflation-is-hurting-nigerias-poor?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (11:44). And Starbucks franchises as community-level drivers of innovation (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/07/04/how-starbucks-caffeinates-local-economies?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (18:28).
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- Title
- Destruction instruction: Western armies learn from Gaza
- Runtime
- 25:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- From tunnels to tanks to drones, Gaza’s horrors provide object lessons in urban warfare. We ask what Western forces will be learning (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/07/18/to-see-the-future-of-urban-warfare-look-at-gaza?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) about their own future conflicts. Silicon Valley types may relish (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/07/17/tech-bros-love-jd-vance-many-ceos-are-scared-stiff?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) the prospect of J. D. Vance, a former tech investor, becoming America’s vice-president—but it should in fact worry them (10:15). And the superstitious forces (https://www.economist.com/china/2024/07/18/a-spectre-looms-over-hong-kongs-property-market?utm_campaign...
- Title
- Is Putin running out of soldiers?
- Runtime
- 3:32
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Russian army is suffering its highest casualties since it invaded Ukraine. Is Putin running out of soldiers to keep his war going?
#warinukraine #zelensky #putin
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- Title
- Keep Kamala and carry on: Harris’s smooth route
- Runtime
- 22:18
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A day is a long time in American politics: Kamala Harris has reportedly already secured the votes to become Democrats’ presidential nominee, a pile of campaign cash and the Trump campaign’s attention (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/07/22/republicans-adjust-their-attacks-for-their-new-foe-kamala-harris?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners). For insight into how China treats its startup scene, we count the dwindling number of newly born unicorns (https://www.economist.com/china/2024/07/16/xi-jinping-is-trying-to-love-bomb-chinas-entrepreneurs?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:03). And why Britain’s twee beach huts are so eye-wateringly expensive (https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/07/11/why-are-british-beach-hu...
- Title
- Joe of good faith: Biden bows out
- Runtime
- 24:38
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Joe Biden has at last succumbed to the pressure (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/07/21/joe-biden-has-given-democrats-a-second-chance-to-win-the-white-house?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) to step aside and has endorsed his vice-president, Kamala Harris. We ask how things should progress from this extraordinary moment. India could be better run if power were devolved from the national government. The solution? Create lots of new states (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/06/20/india-should-liberate-its-cities-and-create-more-states?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:03). And remembering Dr Ruth (https://www.economist.com/obituary/2024/07/17/dr-ruth-aimed-to-shake-america-out-of-its-puritan-ways?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_m...
- Title
- Dicky birds: the next pandemic?
- Runtime
- 24:10
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The scars of the covid pandemic are still raw, but now a virus spreading (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/07/17/h5n1-avian-flu-could-cause-a-human-pandemic?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) among farm animals could leap to humans. Could bird flu become the next pandemic? White women are sometimes absolved of blame in the crime of slavery in America (9:50). Research suggests (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/06/18/new-research-exposes-the-role-of-women-in-americas-slave-trade?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) they may have been culpable too. And meet the creator of Dateline (https://www.economist.com/interactive/dateline-history-quiz-game?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=thein...
