The Intelligence from The Economist
Join Jason Palmer and Rosie Blau for noise-cancelling news and analysis from The Economist's global network of correspondents. Every weekday this award-winning podcast picks three stories shaping your world—the big shifts in politics, business and culture, plus things you never knew you needed to know. On Saturdays, download The Weekend Intelligence to dive deep into a single story, vividly told. If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you’ll have full access to all our shows as part of...
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Episodes (2015)
Chainsaw sputtering: Milei’s experiment falters
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School of shock: teenagers get dimmer
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All right on the night: AfD’s victory
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Bargaining chips: Nvidia is the bank of AI
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Ire and ICE: the toll of America’s deportations
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Right in front: AfD could win German state
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After the flood: Nepal’s ongoing rescue
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Stars in their AIs: tech is changing Hollywood
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Bots on the ground: China leads humanoid race
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Big shot: does a cancer vaccine work?
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Slip the surly bonds? Scott Bessent goes on a yield trip
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Even-more-maximum pressure: sanctions on Iran
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Elbows up, again: a US-Canada trade flare-up
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I, robot? AI and consciousness
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An interview with Yuval Noah Harari
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Bombs and bombshells: Zelensky under pressure
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Wake-up haul: an Ozempic moment for the brain
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Settler bet: a West Bank flashpoint
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It’s not easy being Green: Zack Polanski
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Afghanistan, five years on: our correspondent visits
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Caracas under pressure: democracy in Venezuela
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Pump and circumstance: is China the new OPEC?
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Spring, then fall: a weakened Muslim Brotherhood
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Under strAIn: breaking the British state
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Outsider chance: ending Sudan’s proxy war
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Socialist mobility: a telling Michigan vote
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Taking the shine off: albedo and global temperatures
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In arms’ way: Gaza-deal sticking points
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Taken littorally: Spain’s sudden crisis in Ceuta
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Omission accomplished: why the Iran-war cycle spins on
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Working memory: the surprising decline of dementia
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Brave New whirl: Turkey’s opposition overhaul
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Burning questions: a more fire-prone world
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Cockroaches 1, Modi 0: India’s remarkable protests
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The Elon game: Musk’s vision of the future
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An interview with Elon Musk
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For bucks’ sake: the rise of self-made billionaires
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Kyiv brawl: Ukraine’s top general fired
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Hard cedar: Lebanon seeks Trump’s help
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A firm Andy: what are new British PM’s plans?
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You’ve come a long way, Bibi: Israel’s crucial election
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In it to bin it: Nigel Farage v Count Binface
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Strait and narrowing: the Iran deal crumbles
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The case of the missing totem: Aung San Suu Kyi
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A hawk who flew on political winds: Lindsey Graham
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Putin’s options: an oligarch speaks out
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Peace fire: further US-Iran strikes
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Marine warfare: Le Pen runs for president
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Continental rift: NATO’s tense summit
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The mourning show: the politics of Khamenei’s funeral
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