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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
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
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
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
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
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
Zero-to-some game: Asia-Pacific covid-19 plans crack
Where governments enacted zero-tolerance coronavirus strategies, numbers indeed stayed low. That was before the Delta variant. We ask how countries can now [wind back] (https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/10/09/asian-countries-are-at-last-abandoning-zero-covid-strategies?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) those policies. A [shocking report] (https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/10/09/the-french-catholic-church-acknowledges-a-staggering-pattern-of-sexual-abuse?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) of sexual abuse within France’s Catholic church further threatens the institution’s connection with society. And countering the notion that the “ [standard English] (https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/10/02/dont-ditch-standard-english-teach-it-better?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) ” taught the world over is the only proper one.
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11 Oct 2021
21 MINS
21:15
11 Oct 2021
Strait of tension: Chinese jets test Taiwan
China has sent more than 100 planes to probe Taiwan’s air-defence zone. We explain why Beijing has chosen this moment to send a message across the strait. The WHO has approved a vaccine against malaria—a turning-point in fighting a disease that kills 260,000 African children a year. And if you want a Nobel prize, it helps to be lauded by a laureate.
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08 Oct 2021
22 MINS
22:05
08 Oct 2021
How to lose friends and alienate people: Ethiopia’s civil war
Abiy Ahmed is sworn in again as prime minister, even as continuing strife increases the country’s isolation. Our correspondent witnesses the gruesome aftermath of a telling battle. China once encouraged, even forced abortions. Now, as it frets about declining birth rates, it’s discouraging them. And we report on India’s “godmen” and “godwomen”, their moneyspinning schemes and their fanatical followers.
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07 Oct 2021
20 MINS
20:00
07 Oct 2021
Ticker shock: London’s wheezing stockmarket
A global financial centre must move with the times, and—so far—London has not. Our correspondent lays out the causes of the malaise, and [how to fix it] (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/10/02/how-to-revive-britains-stockmarket?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . For many years compulsory military service was on the decline; we ask why so many countries are [bringing it back] (https://www.economist.com/international/2021/10/02/the-military-draft-is-making-a-comeback?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . And why Europe is the destination for a growing class of [digital nomads] (https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/10/02/why-europe-is-a-great-place-for-digital-nomads?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) .
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06 Oct 2021
23 MINS
23:34
06 Oct 2021
When it goes dark: Facebook’s terrible week
Yesterday’s global outage is not even the worst of it: today’s congressional testimony will examine a whistleblower’s [allegations] (https://espresso.economist.com/4f372ad0cb173caf4691d83696b3b08a?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) that the company knows its products cause widespread harm. The modern food-industrial complex is great for eaters but appalling for the planet; we examine technological [fixes] (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/10/02/new-ways-to-make-food-are-coming-but-will-consumers-bite?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) , and whether consumers will bite. And how Afghanistan's embassies abroad are— [or aren’t] (https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/10/02/afghan-embassies-dont-recognise-the-taliban?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) —dealing with the Taliban.
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05 Oct 2021
21 MINS
21:05
05 Oct 2021
Docket launch: a new term for America’s Supreme Court
The court will be [tackling] (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/10/02/the-new-supreme-court-term-is-about-to-begin?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) just about every judicial and social flashpoint in the country during the term that starts today; our correspondent lays out the considerable stakes. A vast and costly die-off of Britain’s trees could have been averted simply and cheaply: just let them stay put. And why hotels are such [ideal backdrops] (https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/09/24/why-do-hotels-make-for-such-good-drama?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) for filmmakers and scriptwriters.
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04 Oct 2021
21 MINS
21:54
04 Oct 2021
The courage of two convictions: Nicolas Sarkozy
The [first conviction] (https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/03/01/nicolas-sarkozys-jail-sentence-shocks-frances-political-class?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) of France’s former president shocked the nation; the second confirms for citizens that, these days, politicians will be held to account. Our correspondent meets a Burmese hipster who, after this year’s military coup, has become a somewhat conflicted [freedom fighter] (https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/09/27/killing-informants-is-cool-how-a-myanmar-hipster-became-a-guerrilla-fighter?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . And the record label whose name you may never have heard but whose music you [certainly have] (https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/09/22/kpm-music-is-one-of-the-most-important-record-labels-in-history?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) .
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01 Oct 2021
21 MINS
21:09
01 Oct 2021
Nobody’s fuel: Britain’s shortages
From chicken to petrol, Britons are facing [long queues and bare shelves] (https://www.economist.com/britain/boris-johnson-dodges-the-blame-for-britains-petrol-pump-nightmare/21805106?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . We ask about the multifarious reasons behind the shortfalls, and how long they will last. Tunisia’s democracy has been looking shaky [for months] (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/07/26/tunisias-democracy-totters-as-the-president-suspends-parliament?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) ; we examine what may change with yesterday’s appointment of its first-ever female prime minister. And India’s beleaguered unmarried couples at last are getting [some privacy] (https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/09/23/love-hotels-are-blossoming-in-india?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) .
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30 Sep 2021
23 MINS
23:06
30 Sep 2021
Suga-free Diet: Japan’s next leader
The ruling party’s choice for its president—a shoo-in for prime minister—seems to overlook the people’s will. We ask how Kishida Fumio is likely to lead, and for how long. Some of Nigeria’s megachurches are larger than stadiums, and have considerable assets—as do many of their charismatic pastors. And keeping up with demand for vinyl records presents pressing problems.
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29 Sep 2021
19 MINS
19:13
29 Sep 2021
A run for its money: funding crunches in Congress
America’s crash of deadlines carries risks for the government’s budget and just possibly its [sovereign debt] (https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/09/21/what-is-americas-debt-ceiling?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) , and threatens Joe Biden’s presidency-defining social-spending reforms. We ask what happens next. South Korea’s government is ostensibly cracking down on fake news; in practice it may be [hobbling real journalism] (https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/09/23/south-koreas-plan-to-fight-fake-news-could-hobble-real-journalism?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . And the hopeful view provided by a French conceptual artist’s [latest work] (https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/09/25/a-bold-artists-work-is-at-once-high-tech-and-primeval?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) .
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28 Sep 2021
21 MINS
21:50
28 Sep 2021
Colour schemes: Germany’s coming coalition
The country heads for a three-party government after a [nail-biting election] (https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/09/26/after-a-tight-election-olaf-scholzs-social-democrats-come-out-just-in-front?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . We cut through the flurry of letters and colours to ask what is likely to happen next. The technology swiftly deployed to combat the coronavirus may also crack a four-decade-old problem: [vaccinating against HIV] (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/a-new-aids-vaccine-heads-to-clinical-trials/21804378?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . And evidence that the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex may have liked a love bite.
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27 Sep 2021
19 MINS
19:34
27 Sep 2021
Clubs seal: China’s view as alliances multiply
Leaders of “the Quad” are meeting in person for the first time; drama from the AUKUS alliance still simmers. Our Beijing bureau chief discusses how Chinese officials [see] (https://www.economist.com/china/2021/09/25/china-believes-that-america-is-forging-alliances-to-stop-its-rise?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) all these club ties. As Chancellor Angela Merkel’s time in office wanes, we assess Germany’s [many challenges] (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/09/25/the-mess-merkel-leaves-behind?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) she leaves behind. And the sweet, sweet [history of baklava] (https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/09/15/go-nuts-the-multilayered-history-of-baklava?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) , a Middle Eastern treat gone global.
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24 Sep 2021
23 MINS
23:19
24 Sep 2021
Same assembly, rewired: the United Nations meets
The annual United Nations General Assembly is more than just worthy pledges and fancy dinners; we ask where the tensions and the opportunities lie [this time around] (https://espresso.economist.com/70431822025c237eddc9145838fc7046?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . Last year’s fears of a crippling “twindemic” of covid-19 and influenza proved unfounded—and that provides more [reason to worry] (https://www.economist.com/international/measures-to-prevent-the-spread-of-covid-19-have-also-fended-off-flu/21804978?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) this year. And why “like” is, like, [really useful] (https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/09/18/if-you-like-dislike-like-maybe-like-think-again?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) .
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23 Sep 2021
22 MINS
22:14
23 Sep 2021
The homes stretch: Evergrande
China’s property behemoth has slammed up against new rules on its giant debt pile. We ask what [wider risks] (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/09/21/what-are-the-systemic-risks-of-an-evergrande-collapse?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) it now poses as a cash crunch bites. Britain has begun a demographic trend unusual in the rich world: its share of young people is [spiking] (https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/08/21/the-number-of-young-adults-in-britain-is-about-to-rise-sharply?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) —and will be for a decade. And what the pandemic has done for the [future of office-wear] (https://www.economist.com/business/2021/09/11/the-pandemic-has-refashioned-corporate-dress-codes?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) .
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22 Sep 2021
19 MINS
19:03
22 Sep 2021
Running to stand still: Canada’s election
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains in power after Monday’s election, but he emerges without the majority he wanted, and with his soft power damaged. He now faces a fourth wave of the pandemic and an emboldened far-right from a weaker position. Child labour fell markedly in the 16 years after the turn of the millennium. Now it’s [on the rise again] (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/09/18/why-the-number-of-children-working-is-rising?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) . Efforts to prevent children from working can often exacerbate the problem. And we consider one of the more unusual ideas for combating climate change: [potty-training cows] (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/how-to-toilet-train-your-cow/21804770?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes) .
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21 Sep 2021
20 MINS
20:01
21 Sep 2021