The Economist Podcasts
Every weekday our global network of correspondents makes sense of the stories beneath the headlines. We bring you surprising trends and tales from around the world, current affairs, business and finance—as well as science and technology.
Every weekday our global network of correspondents makes sense of the stories beneath the headlines. We bring you surprising trends and tales from around the world, current affairs, business and finance—as well as science and technology.
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Money Talks: Is the future non-fungible?
This week The Economist [auctioned off an Alice in Wonderland-inspired NFT] (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/10/26/how-the-auction-of-our-nft-cover-went?utm_campaign=money-talks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) for charity. Host Rachana Shanbhogue finds out how the sale went and explores the [promise and pitfalls of this dizzying new market] (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/the-market-for-non-fungible-tokens-is-evolving/21805856?utm_campaign=money-talks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . Plus, the financial landscape in Africa is changing fast: we ask why the unicorn population has more than doubled this year and speak to Sim Tshabalala, head of the continent’s largest lender, Standard Group Bank.
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27 Oct 2021
29 MINS
29:36
27 Oct 2021
Winter is coming: Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis
Two months after [the Taliban’s] (https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/10/23/the-taliban-find-themselves-on-the-wrong-side-of-an-insurgency?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) victory, civilians face a looming disaster. Will Western governments dig their heels in, or turn the aid taps back on? India’s government has increasingly turned to [high-tech means] (https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/10/16/indias-high-tech-governance-risks-leaving-behind-its-poorest-citizens?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) for delivering government services. But its digital-first solutions are inaccessible to millions of citizens. And we look at the business of renting clothing, as Rent the Runway goes public with a sky-high valuation.
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27 Oct 2021
20 MINS
20:48
27 Oct 2021
Babbage: Cleaning the air
The World Health Organisation recently declared that [air pollution] (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/02/25/fossil-fuels-may-be-responsible-for-twice-as-many-deaths-as-first-thought?utm_campaign=babbage&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) is the greatest environmental [threat to health] (https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2019/11/02/how-air-pollution-can-ruin-schoolchildrens-lives?utm_campaign=babbage&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) globally. What do cities and governments need to do to [clean up their act] (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/09/05/air-pollution-is-returning-to-pre-covid-levels?utm_campaign=babbage&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) ? Also, we explore how Occam’s razor, a theory from a medieval theologist, has influenced science. And, could music be an effective way to [communicate with extraterrestrials] (https://www.economist.com/babbage/2013/02/07/postcards-from-the-edge?utm_campaign=babbage&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) ? Alok Jha hosts
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26 Oct 2021
28 MINS
28:42
26 Oct 2021
Trouble in Khartoum: Sudan’s coup
Just as the country was moving towards democracy, its generals have overthrown the civilians—again. We look at what sparked the unrest, and why coups in Africa are on the rise. Ecuador declared a state of emergency last week over a wave of violent crime. It’s just one of several headaches for Guillermo Lasso, the country’s president. And we explain why you have an accent in a foreign language.
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26 Oct 2021
22 MINS
22:31
26 Oct 2021
To a Lesser Degree: Living in a hotter world
Actions to combat climate change have been primarily focused on mitigation - limiting the amount of greenhouse-gas emissions in the atmosphere. But even with those efforts, the planet's temperature will continue to rise, leading to more extreme weather events. How will humanity adapt?
Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, tells us why adaptation in agriculture is critical to feeding the world. We go to China to explore a new kind of “sponge city,” which is designed to absorb water. And we examine the peril and promise of solar geoengineering.
Hosted by Vijay Vaitheeswaran, The Economist’s global energy and climate innovation editor, with environment editor Catherine Brahic, and Oliver Morton, our briefings editor.
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25 Oct 2021
34 MINS
34:50
25 Oct 2021
You shall not pass: standardising vaccine passports
Covid certificates are a global mess, with countries operating a patchwork of incompatible systems. We look at why it’s so difficult to standardise digital health passes. When the results of Uzbekistan’s elections are published today, the only surprise will be the margin of victory for Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the country’s autocratic leader since 2016. The question is how far he can take his [agenda of economic and political reform] (https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/10/21/why-we-are-selling-our-cover-as-an-nft?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . And Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), a way of representing ownership of digital media, have taken the art world by storm. Why The Economist is [getting in the game] (https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/10/21/why-we-are-selling-our-cover-as-an-nft?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) .
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25 Oct 2021
20 MINS
20:22
25 Oct 2021
Editor’s Picks: October 25th 2021
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the [ real-time revolution transforming economics] (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/10/23/a-real-time-revolution-will-up-end-the-practice-of-macroeconomics?utm_campaign=editors-picks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) , how [insurgency, secessionism and banditry threaten Nigeria] (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/10/23/insurgency-secessionism-and-banditry-threaten-nigeria?utm_campaign=editors-picks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) (10:06) and [our Bartleby columnist on why corporate mission statements deserve more than an eye-roll] (https://www.economist.com/business/2021/10/23/the-meaning-of-mission-statements?utm_campaign=editors-picks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) (17:39)
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24 Oct 2021
22 MINS
22:44
24 Oct 2021
Checks and Balance: Labour’s love lost
Wages are going up and employees are walking out - [some to strike] (https://www.economist.com/united-states/striketober-american-workers-take-to-the-picket-lines/21805726?utm_campaign=checks-and-balance&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) , some never to come back. American workers have more leverage than before the pandemic. How permanent is this shift in power?
The Economist’s [Simon Rabinovitch] (mailto:simonrabinovitch@economist.com) takes us to a picket line in Pennsylvania and we go back to an earlier walk out in Hollywood. Betsey Stevenson, one of President Obama’s economics advisors, tells us how long this could last.
John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Jon Fasman.
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22 Oct 2021
39 MINS
39:06
22 Oct 2021
Flu into a rage: Brazil’s Bolsonaro inquiry
President Jair Bolsonaro’s early dismissal of the pandemic as “a little flu” presaged a calamitous handling of the crisis. We ask how a congressional investigation’s [dramatic assessment] (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/10/23/jair-bolsonaro-is-accused-of-crimes-against-humanity-in-brazil?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) of his non-actions may damage him. China’s test of a hypersonic, nuclear-capable [glider] (https://www.economist.com/china/2021/10/23/chinas-test-of-a-hypersonic-missile-worries-america?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) may rattle the global weapons order. And our obituaries editor reflects on the life of level-headed American statesman [Colin Powell] (https://www.economist.com/obituary/2021/10/23/obituary-colin-powell-thought-america-should-tread-carefully-in-the-world?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) .
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22 Oct 2021
21 MINS
21:35
22 Oct 2021
The Economist Asks: Nobel peace prize winners 2021
This year’s award celebrates [ two journalists working in countries where the screws are tightening on media freedom] (https://www.economist.com/international/2021/10/08/two-journalists-who-have-exposed-human-rights-abuses-win-the-nobel-peace-prize?utm_campaign=economist-asks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . Host Anne McElvoy asks Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Russia’s Dmitry Muratov how they are defending the free press. The editor of Novaya Gazeta explains why he has dedicated his medal to murdered colleagues and the co-founder of Rappler shares how she fights back in the face of online trolling.
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21 Oct 2021
26 MINS
26:28
21 Oct 2021
States of emergency: Nigeria
Criminal gangs in north-western states, jihadists in the north-east, a rebellion in the south-east: kidnappers, warlords and cattle rustlers are making the country [ungovernable] (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/how-kidnappers-zealots-and-rebels-are-making-nigeria-ungovernable/21805737?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . The new head of Samsung Electronics has a legacy to build—and aims to do so by breaking into the cut-throat business of [processor chips] (https://www.economist.com/business/2021/10/17/samsung-electronics-wants-to-dominate-cutting-edge-chipmaking?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . And the sci-fi classic “Dune” gets a [good cinematic treatment] (https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/09/06/denis-villeneuve-has-produced-the-first-great-dune-adaptation?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) at last.
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21 Oct 2021
23 MINS
23:35
21 Oct 2021
Money Talks: In a tightening spot
Higher [inflation] (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/10/16/is-the-world-economy-entering-a-wage-price-spiral?utm_campaign=money-talks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) looks likely to last into 2022. The Bank of England could be the first big central bank to raise interest rates—why might it make the first move? Also, our team explores how real-time data are upending economics. And [Michael Dell] (https://www.economist.com/business/2021/10/02/how-bosses-should-write-books?utm_campaign=money-talks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) , boss of the eponymous tech firm, on why founders are leaving Silicon Valley for Texas and why PCs are still sexy. Rachana Shanbhogue hosts
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20 Oct 2021
29 MINS
29:42
20 Oct 2021
Gas-trick distress: a visit to Ukraine
Russia continues to pile pressure on the country, and will soon have the power to cut off its natural gas. Our correspondent pays a visit to find [how Ukrainians cope] (https://www.economist.com/europe/ukrainians-are-coping-stoically-with-russian-aggression/21805700?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . The simplest solution to renewables’ intermittency is to move electricity around—but that requires vast new international networks of [seriously beefy cables] (https://www.economist.com/business/2021/10/16/the-booming-business-of-knitting-together-the-worlds-electricity-grids?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . And Canada’s version of American football is [wasting away] (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/10/09/a-venerable-canadian-sport-is-wasting-away?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) .
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20 Oct 2021
20 MINS
20:26
20 Oct 2021
Babbage: on Babbage
On the 150th anniversary of the death of Charles Babbage, we retrace the footsteps of the brilliant but irascible British inventor, mathematician, and engineer. Host Kenneth Cukier investigates why Babbage is hailed by some as the grandfather of the computer, while others argue his contribution is overblown. And could letting go of parts of his legacy help unleash the future of computing?
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19 Oct 2021
30 MINS
30:44
19 Oct 2021
Meeting them where they are: a British MP’s murder
Sir David Amess was killed doing what he loved: speaking directly with voters. We examine the dangers inherent in the “ [constituency surgeries] (https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/10/16/the-murder-of-sir-david-amess-will-change-the-nature-of-british-democracy?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) ” that British politicians cherish. The fight against tuberculosis is made harder by mutations that confer drug resistance; we look at [research] (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/10/19/most-resistance-causing-mutations-in-tb-have-now-been-identified?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) that has traced nearly every one of them. And why Andy Warhol is big in Iran, again.
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19 Oct 2021
20 MINS
20:46
19 Oct 2021
To a Lesser Degree: Paying for it
The green revolution won’t be cheap, but there is enough money to make it happen - if it goes to [the right places] (https://www.economist.com/business/billions-are-pouring-into-the-business-of-decarbonisation/21803649?utm_campaign=toalesserdegree&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . What role can finance play in steering economies towards a low-carbon future?
Elemental Excelerator’s Dawn Lippert tells us why Hawaii is the best place to help climate start-ups find funding. Tariq Fancy, who ran sustainable investments for Blackrock, asks whether environmental investing makes any difference at all.
Hosted by Vijay Vaitheeswaran, The Economist’s global energy and climate innovation editor, with environment editor Catherine Brahic, and Oliver Morton, our briefings editor.
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18 Oct 2021
33 MINS
33:57
18 Oct 2021
Chinese draggin’: growth slows
A paltry GDP rise is down to the pandemic, power and property. We ask what growing pains President Xi Jinping will endure in the name of economic reforms. Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, will probably end up in the second round of next year’s election; who will stand against him is [ever more unpredictable] (https://www.economist.com/europe/eric-zemmour-the-anti-immigrant-radical-who-could-supplant-marine-le-pen/21805511?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . And fixing meeting inefficiency with [an 850-year-old idea] (https://www.economist.com/business/2021/10/16/how-to-run-better-meetings?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) .
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18 Oct 2021
19 MINS
19:49
18 Oct 2021
Editor’s Picks: October 18th 2021
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, [the first big energy shock] (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/10/16/the-first-big-energy-shock-of-the-green-era?utm_campaign=editors-picks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) of the green era, how [covid-19 will move from pandemic to endemic] (https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/10/16/how-the-world-learns-to-live-with-covid-19?utm_campaign=editors-picks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) (11:29) and our [Charlemagne columnist assesses the odds of “Polexit” versus a “dirty remain”] (https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/10/14/poland-is-a-problem-for-the-eu-precisely-because-it-will-not-leave?utm_campaign=editors-picks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) (17:21)
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17 Oct 2021
23 MINS
23:55
17 Oct 2021
Checks and Balance: Face palm
Republicans and Democrats don't agree on much, but [in Facebook] (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/10/09/facebook-is-nearing-a-reputational-point-of-no-return?utm_campaign=checks-and-balance&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) they’ve found a common enemy. When whistleblower Frances Haugen told a congressional hearing the company knew its products damaged the mental health of its young users, senators rushed to proclaim they would get something done. How harmful is Facebook? And [will politicians take action] (https://www.economist.com/united-states/facebook-flounders-in-the-court-of-public-opinion/21805344?utm_campaign=checks-and-balance&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) ?
The Economist’s Hal Hodson tells us we need more evidence to understand social media’s impact on wellbeing.We go back to when video games caused panic on Capitol Hill.And The Economist’s Alexandra Suich Bass explains why this scandal is politically potent.
John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Jon Fasman.
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15 Oct 2021
40 MINS
40:50
15 Oct 2021
Port, and a storm: sectarian violence in Lebanon
The effort to [investigate] (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/a-year-after-the-beirut-blast-still-no-bottom-to-lebanons-crisis/21803288?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) last year’s port explosion in Beirut has fired up political and religious tensions—resulting in Lebanon’s worst violence in years. We speak with Dmitry Muratov, a Russian journalist who shared this year’s Nobel peace prize, about what the award [means to him] (https://www.economist.com/international/2021/10/14/a-russian-editor-says-he-won-the-nobel-because-his-slain-colleagues-could-not?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) , and to press freedom. And why autocratic regimes like to [snap up] (https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/10/08/why-do-authoritarian-regimes-like-to-buy-english-football-clubs?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) English football clubs.
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15 Oct 2021
23 MINS
23:22
15 Oct 2021
The Economist Asks: David Chase
Fourteen years after “The Sopranos'' ended, the creator of the hit TV series explains why his show is reaching new and younger audiences. Host Anne McElvoy asks whether mobsters have a moral compass and why audiences root for [the patriarch Tony Soprano? ] (https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/10/01/where-tony-soprano-really-comes-from%20?utm_campaign=economist-asks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) The Hollywood veteran talks about bringing the story back to life in the prequel movie “The Many Saints of Newark” and why it should be enjoyed in a cinema, not at home.
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14 Oct 2021
27 MINS
27:14
14 Oct 2021
For watt it’s worth: energy markets’ squeeze
A fossil-fuel scramble reveals energy markets in [desperate need] (https://www.economist.com/business/2021/10/16/dont-expect-big-oil-to-fix-the-energy-crunch?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) of a redesign. We examine what must be done to secure a renewable future. Throngs of Hong Kong residents fleeing China’s tightening hand are [settling in Britain] (https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/09/23/britains-newest-immigrant-group-is-unlike-any-that-came-before?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) ; our correspondent finds an immigrant group unlike any that came before. And the boom in [“femtech” entrepreneurs] (https://espresso.economist.com/1b984659debd729d742b0035a987f069?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) at last focusing on women’s health.
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14 Oct 2021
22 MINS
22:52
14 Oct 2021
Money Talks: A real-world revolution
This year's Nobel prize celebrates [the "credibility revolution" that has transformed economics] (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/10/11/the-nobel-prize-in-economics-celebrates-an-empirical-revolution?utm_campaign=money-talks&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) since the 1990s. Today most notable new work is not theoretical but based on analysis of real-world data. Host Rachana Shanbhogue speaks to two of the winners, David Card and Joshua Angrist, and our Free Exchange columnist Ryan Avent explains how their work has brought economics closer to real life.
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13 Oct 2021
32 MINS
32:03
13 Oct 2021
Keep your friends close: Pakistan’s shifting role
As the Taliban’s closest ally, the country bears a big responsibility for Afghanistan’s fate. We examine its diplomatic [risks and opportunities] (https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/10/07/pakistan-got-its-way-in-afghanistan-now-what?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . Mastercard is pressing porn purveyors this week; we look at how financial companies are reluctantly [stepping up] (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/credit-card-firms-are-becoming-reluctant-regulators-of-the-web/21805450?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) as the internet’s police. And a timely social-inequality take drives South Korea’s “ [Squid Game] (https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/10/09/south-koreans-are-bemused-by-the-global-success-of-squid-game?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) ” to the top of Netflix's charts worldwide.
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13 Oct 2021
21 MINS
21:01
13 Oct 2021
Babbage: Rocks in space
A [probe to study the Trojan asteroids] (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/10/09/a-probe-intended-to-study-the-trojan-asteroids-takes-off-shortly?utm_campaign=babbage&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) is expected to take off this week, but what will this mission uncover about the formation of the solar system? Also, we explore new technology to observe asteroids, as well as a mission to deflect an incoming celestial object. And, we hear from the [Nobel co-laureate] (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/10/09/this-years-nobel-prizes-brought-both-delight-and-disbelief?utm_campaign=babbage&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) in Physiology or Medicine, Ardem Patapoutian, about [temperature and pressure sensing] (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/two-students-of-the-senses-win-the-nobel-prize-for-medicine/21805250?utm_campaign=babbage&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . Alok Jha hosts.
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12 Oct 2021
30 MINS
30:33
12 Oct 2021
Exit Poles? A bold challenge to the EU
After a court ruling in Poland that is [an affront] (https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/10/10/governments-fall-as-the-eu-battles-corruption?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) to a core European Union principle, Poles hit the streets—fearing a “Pol-exit” they do not want. Who will back down? Hydrogen has been touted for decades as a fuel with green credentials. At last its time [has come] (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/10/09/hydrogens-moment-is-here-at-last?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . And the [herd of unicorns] (https://www.economist.com/business/2021/10/09/mexico-is-finally-seeing-a-startup-bonanza?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) popping up in Mexico.
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12 Oct 2021
20 MINS
20:01
12 Oct 2021