
About this episode
Millions of people will tune in when the World Cup starts today. But demonstrators in Mexico, which hosts the first match, are using the international spectacle to draw attention to their causes. Commercial enterprises are on the cusp of making money in space: who will tax the heavens? And Narendra Modi is unsettling India’s middle class.
Guests and host:
- Hal Hodson, Americas editor
- Shera Avi-Yonah, business correspondent
- Leo Mirani, Ashoka columnist
- Rosie Blau, co-host of “The intelligence”
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The intelligence”
Topics covered:
- World Cup, Mexico, protests
- Space, taxation, global commons
- India, Modi
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