After American troops snatched Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in a dawn raid in January, democracy did not seem like a priority. Yet this week, <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/12/america-really-might-restore-democracy-to-venezuela?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">talks</a> between the regime and opposition ended with small, positive steps. Why US consumers’ love of <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/06/americans-are-losing-their-appetite-for-fast-food?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">fast food</a> may be slowing. And how many hours of <a href="https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/08/05/why-you-should-sit-through-15-hours-of-opera?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">Wagner opera</a> would you sit through?&nbsp;&nbsp;Guests and host:<ul><li>Kinley Salmon, Latin America correspondent</li><li>Shera Avi-Yonah, business correspondent</li><li>Brook Unger, senior digital editor</li><li>Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul>Topics covered:&nbsp;<ul><li>Venezuela, Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez, Machado</li><li>Fast food, McDonalds, burgers</li><li>Wagner, “Ring” cycle, classical music</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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