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)
The Robin Hood state: taxes are getting more progressive
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Ice, ice, maybe: should the Arctic be refrozen?
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Check in the mail: our analysis of Epstein’s correspondence
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Stock options: how to hedge an AI bubble
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Check in Kyiv: prospects for peace?
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Dhaka matters: an election for Bangladesh
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A Keir-death experience: Britain's PM clings on
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Snap judgement: Japan PM’s electoral landslide
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Elon shot: will Musk’s mega-merger work?
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Nukes of hazard: US-Russia arms treaty expires
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Peter and the wolves: Mandelson falls but Epstein scandal spreads
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Tug of Warsh: will the new chair politicise the Fed?
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Survival Modi: Indian PM’s fortunes revive
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Boss Class 1. Fat layer of humans
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Democracy on ICE? The mood turns in America
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No middle ground: Iran’s dangerous division
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We’ll be right over here: Europe’s populists sour on Trump
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General ejection: China’s military purge
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Resistance is fatal: another killing in Minneapolis
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Trailer: Boss Class Season 3
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ISIS control: Syria’s prison camp changes hands
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Grave new world: the Greenland row’s lasting damage
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House of Kurds: on the ground in northern Syria
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Power ballot: Japanese PM’s electoral gamble
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Thin ice: could the Greenland clash kill NATO?
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Clutching at shahs: Iran’s would-be revolutionary
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Maria-view mirror: asking Venezuelans what they want now
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Independence Jay? Inflation and attacks on the Fed
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Lowering the steaks: a Mercosur deal at last
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Strike fear: Iran’s protests and Israel
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Shah caller: Iran’s protests are different this time
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Oil pressure: America’s tanker seizures
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In the line of fires: LA’s ashen suburbs one year on
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Xi’s not there: what China’s Venezuela response reveals
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Nicolás caged: what next for Venezuela?
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State of the art: Chinese market flounders
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What in the world: predictions for 2026
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Years ending: notable lives lost in 2025
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Boom with a view: our economy of the year
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Generals’ selection: Myanmar’s sham poll
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Battle of the texts: which books changed the world?
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So this is quizmas: our inaugural holiday face-off
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Growing pains: a recession in recessions
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Slop stars: why AI-generated content could help creators
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Country of the year: The Economist’s pick for 2025
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Weight boss? Competition for Novo Nordisk
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Emissions possible: EU petrol ban quashed
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After Bondi: how to tackle extremism
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Judgment day: Jimmy Lai convicted
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Right, here, waiting: Europe’s populists on the rise
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