As Donald Trump’s party <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/11/08/the-fight-over-republicans-future-has-begun?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">absorbs</a> a sobering defeat at the ballot box, politicians are in reflective mood. Is Trumpism over? <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/11/01/intensive-parenting-is-no-longer-the-preserve-of-the-rich?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Parents</a> across income groups are spending more to get their children ahead, but it might be for naught. And the <a href="https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/10/27/once-the-heroes-ambitious-outsiders-have-become-tv-villains?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dramas</a> trying to turn viewers against the underdog.Guests and host:<ul><li>Shashank Joshi, Washington bureau chief</li><li>Vinjeru Mkandawire, news editor</li><li>Andrew Miller, special correspondent</li><li>Ọrẹ Ogunbiyi, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul>Topics covered:<ul><li>American midterms, Republicans, Democrats</li><li>Parenting, education, tutoring</li><li>Television, “War”, villains</li></ul>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subscribe to The Economist</a>.

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