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)
Ven and the art of hemispheric maintenance: America’s national-security posture
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Digital stimulation: AI and porn
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“You’re…fired?” A momentous Supreme Court case
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Transitional injustice: Syria one year after Assad
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The Weekend Intelligence: Operation Midas
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Keir in the headlights: interviewing Britain’s PM
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Delhi-novela: Putin and Modi rekindle bromance
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Stars and strikes: was America’s ship-bomb illegal?
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The great wheel: China’s Robotaxi revolution
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Deal them back in? What we heard in Iran
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The Weekend Intelligence: Mise en masse
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Fire, then fury: Hong Kong’s deadly blaze
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Growth negligence: Britain’s budget
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Party likes it 1959: Cuba in crisis
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Wage against the machine: the distortions of minimum pay
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Emission creep: a contentious COP closes
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Flee country: Britain seeks to slash migration
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War graft: scandal engulfs Ukraine
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Crown prince arming: Trump sells jets to MBS
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After Sheikh: what next for Bangladesh?
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Gang-buster: Can Sheinbaum beat Mexico crime?
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Toil and rubble: who will rebuild Gaza?
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Opening punch: Shutdown ends, now more Epstein emails
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The little green look: China’s energy revolution
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Home alone: the relationship recession
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British Broadcasting Capitulation: BBC bosses fall
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Heir Jordan: the rising star of France’s populist right
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Recall of duty? Trump’s tariffs in court
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Into the blue: Democrats win big
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Getting their ships together: America in the Caribbean
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Capital gained: a grim turn in Darfur
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Truce story: (a sketch of) a Trump-Xi trade deal
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Manhattan transfer: New York’s finance folk flee
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War-chest X-ray: how to finance Ukraine
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Bust a vessel: NATO v dark fleets
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Let Milei this out: Argentina’s midterms surprise
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The great brawl: China is winning the trade war
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Shutting match: what will break the US federal impasse?
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Cocaine and able: drug runners innovate
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Rock and rule: Japan’s first female PM
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Voices of Gaza: life amid a fragile peace
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Bolt-on charges: Trump's former adviser is indicted
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Rome run: Meloni’s surprising stamina
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Aid pro quo: Trump weaponises foreign help
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Wrong side of the hack: cybercrime grows
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Out at last: Israeli hostages return
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The Weekend Intelligence: The trial of Yevgenia Berkovich
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Dune raider: Saudi is a video-game superpower
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Finally, a deal: the fragile peace in Gaza
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Liberté, égalité, désordre: chaos in France
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