Economist Podcasts

[Nigeria] (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/10/01/nigerians-dislike-t... more

This week, [Muhammad bin Salman] (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/10... more

Donald Trump’s administration is turning against [Ukraine] (https://www.economist.com/euro... more

What started as student protests ballooned into national lawlessness. The disorder plays i... more

The province of Alberta will vote on secession today. It is unlikely to go ahead, but the ... more

In recent weeks, AI has solved hundreds of previously unanswered maths problems. Our corre... more

Under Alice Weidel’s leadership the Alternative for Germany (AfD), a right-wing populist p... more

Their struggles to get jobs or buy homes once propelled political movements. Now many [mil... more

Donald Trump claims to have [brokered a deal] (https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/10/12... more

A year ago Donald Trump created the Board of Peace to rebuild [Gaza] (https://www.economis... more

This weekend, Yemeni rebels [struck Saudi Arabia] (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-a... more

Decades of messaging have not worked, so governments are trying [new ways] (https://www.ec... more

Bond yields across the rich world keep ticking up. We take a global look at where the risk... more

What started as a small protest about conditions of a school and of schooling has [mushroo... more

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is gambling that anger about housing might solidify his manda... more

Flávio Bolsonaro, populist-right son of the imprisoned coup architect Jair, received the [... more

If Artificial Intelligence results in job losses or lower salaries, [government revenues] ... more

Russia has embarked on a [new campaign] (https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/09/29/putin... more

An independent commission has found Manchester City guilty of breaching over 100 rules. Wh... more

On October 4th, Brazil faces a polarising [general election] (https://www.economist.com/le... more

Five men are in custody under suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences after being a... more

Not much of real substance appears to have emerged from the get-together. But our correspo... more

Rich-world house prices survived the last fit of interest-rate rises; our correspondent la... more

Marine Le Pen, party leader of France’s populist-right National Rally, starts her fourth p... more

An illicit shadow economy, rampant extortion and the capture of the criminal justice syste... more

Two more state-election results reveal surging support for both the far-right AfD and the ... more

After a visit to [Ukraine] (https://www.economist.com/briefing/2026/09/17/russia-has-enter... more