About this episode
The Kremlin planned to provide Iran with unjammable drones, plus training in how to use them, according to leaked documents seen exclusively by The Economist. Meanwhile there are nearly 20,000 merchant seamen stranded in the Gulf. And a tribute to Craig Venter, dark horse of the Human Genome Project.
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Guests and host:
- Shashank Joshi, defence editor
- Joshua Spencer, Asia news editor
- Geoffrey Carr, senior editor, science and technology
- Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- Iran war, Russia, drones
- Commercial shipping
- Craig Venter
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