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Election results: a brief message from John Prideaux
John Prideaux, Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon are on today's edition of The Intelligence with their...
EscucharClimbers (part one): A way out of China
Necoclí is a tiny town on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Beach bars blast party music and sell brightly-coloured...
EscucharA key Keystone: the race for Pennsylvania
Whoever wins Pennsylvania will probably win the presidency: according to The Economist’s forecast...
EscucharWoke croaks: “peak woke” has passed
Over the past decade a form of wokeness arose on the illiberal left, characterised by extreme pessimism...
EscucharElection rejection: fears of a contested result
Republicans are already preparing to contest the result if Kamala Harris wins the presidency. American...
EscucharOpen to debate: Harris and Trump clash
On Tuesday night in Philadelphia Donald Trump and Kamala Harris took part in what might be the only...
EscucharEnter staged right: misinformation feeds Britain’s riots
Unrest across the country has been driven in part by the provably false claims of right-wing provocateurs....
EscucharBibi talk: a speech light on detail
Anyone hoping to glean hints of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plans for the Gaza war and its...
Escuchar1. 1968 - Born to be wild
The generation born in the 1940s grew up in a land of endless growth and possibility, ruled by a confident,...
EscucharTrailer: Boom!
Why are two old, unpopular men the main candidates for the world’s most demanding job? It’s the...
EscucharTrailer: Boom!
Why are two old, unpopular men the main candidates for the world’s most demanding job? It’s the...
EscucharTrailer: The Modi Raj
Narendra Modi may well be the most popular politician on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyeing...
EscucharTrailer: The Modi Raj
Narendra Modi may well be the most popular politician on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyeing...
EscucharChoose this podcast: abortion and the election
In 2022 the Supreme Court gave control of abortion back to “the people and their elected representatives.”...
EscucharTrailer: The Modi Raj
Narendra Modi may well be the most popular politician on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyeing...
EscucharTrailer: The Modi Raj
Narendra Modi may well be the most popular politician on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyeing...
EscucharThe Modi Raj: Trailer
Narendra Modi may well be the most popular politician on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyeing...
EscucharAI and health part one: DrGPT will see you now
Artificial intelligence is already making its mark in health care—but new, bigger, models promise...
EscucharThe Weekend Intelligence: Bombay, open city?
Mumbai is famously an open city, known for welcoming all comers, regardless of colour, caste, or creed. But...
EscucharRun part one: Why are Chinese people running to Japan?
At the height of China’s zero-covid restrictions, a Chinese character that sounds like the English...
EscucharThe Weekend Intelligence: Capturing UFOs
When a story about UFOs came across the desk of The Economist’s Michelle Hennessy, she was sceptical....
EscucharBabbage: Teens and their screens
Ever since there have been smartphones and social media, there have been concerns about how they might...
EscucharChecks and Balance: Aid, and a bet
For months, a big foreign-aid deal looked like it was going nowhere in the House of Representatives....
EscucharMoney Talks: Why weight-loss drugs will reshape the world
More than 1bn people around the world are obese. That means there should be extraordinary demand for...
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