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)
Wheels of justice: the ICC gets Duterte at last
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When the levy doesn’t break: a trade-war world adjusts
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Thirty-day trial? A Ukraine-ceasefire proposal
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Sects and balances: a violent flare-up in Syria
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No question, Mark: Canada’s new PM
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One week in the life of Volodymyr Zelensky
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Kurds in the right place: a truce nears
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Pompcast: Trump rallies Congress
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Buck off: US pauses Ukraine aid
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Conversation peace: can Europe bargain with Russia?
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Ode to dread: Europe after Trump
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Heir-raising: the boom in inheritance
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Phase transition? Gaza’s shaky peace
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Emmanuel dexterity: Trump and Macron chat
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Left, right and centre: Germany’s election
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Friends (the one with estrangement): Europe without the US
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Young, gifted and black: Africa’s next generation
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Colour visions: a German-election lookahead
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Get your Strait facts: China’s quiet Taiwan push
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Munich insecurity conference: a re-ordering begins
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Love match: Modi-Trump’s tariffs tussle
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With this ring: Trump and Putin omit Ukraine
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War hoarse: is Zelensky being heard?
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Eye to the chancellor: interviewing Friedrich Merz
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I’ll be jammed: electronic warfare in Ukraine
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Scam Inc 3: The bottom line
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Scam Inc 2: Opportunity of a lifetime
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Scam Inc 1: Pigs in a barrel
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It could happen to you: introducing “Scam Inc”
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Leeward: we meet South Korea’s probable president
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As a next resort: Trump’s vision for Gaza
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Rebel with a new cause: meeting Syria’s president
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Thy neighbours, beggared: Trump’s opening tariffs
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Below Delhi, the search for India's mythical past
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Turkish delight: influencing the new Syria
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Putty people: can Trump get his picks?
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Remote control: Rwandan proxies occupy Congo
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Bot against America: a Chinese AI jolts markets
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Trailer: Scam Inc
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Gaza, stripped: Palestinians return to ruins
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In with a chancellor: dissecting Britain’s growth plan
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Right turn at a broken traffic light: Germany’s AfD
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A tax or attacks: how the Houthis fund themselves
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Executive orders of magnitude: Trump’s day one
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Reunions and rubble: Gaza’s first moments of peace
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Billionaires boldly go: private space-treks
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Peace by piece: a ceasefire in Gaza is close
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Arrest development: South Korea’s Yoon held
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View to a killing: bond yields rise and rise
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A run for cover: LA’s fires and insurance
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