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The Intelligence from The Economist

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Join Jason Palmer and Rosie Blau for noise-cancelling news and analysis from The Economist's global network of correspondents. Every weekday this award-winning podcast picks three stories shaping your world—the big shifts in politics, business and culture, plus things you never knew you needed to know. On Saturdays, download The Weekend Intelligence to dive deep into a single story, vividly told. ... more

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Decades of messaging have not worked, so governments are trying new ways to get citizens to eat well, from scary labelling to taxing the junkiest foods. Will it work? The death of a plague researcher in Russia is made more mysterious by the governmen... more

Bond yields across the rich world keep ticking up. We take a global look at where the risks are mounting most, and just how much worry is warranted. What might have once seemed fanciful is becoming real: delivering daylight to dark parts of the world... more

What started as a small protest about conditions of a school and of schooling has mushroomed, and tapped into national anxieties that may prove hard to tame. In the context of the “Cornell 7” case we examine Title IX, the statute that should protect ... more

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is gambling that anger about housing might solidify his mandate in a snap poll. Most probably it will instead add to the rightward shift in European politics. America’s beef prices have never been higher, so why is it tha... more

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Tim Cross
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Tom Wainwright
Culture correspondent for The Economist
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Episode: Valley of the shadow of debt: bond-market jitters
Stevie Hertz
US policy correspondent
The Economist
Episode: Gilets jeunes? France’s school protests
Abhishek Kumar
Writer based in Mumbai
The Economist
Episode: Gilets jeunes? France’s school protests
Michael Reid
Spain correspondent and writer-at-large
The Economist
Episode: House call: Spain’s snap election
David Adam
Science writer
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Melissa Owen
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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Episode: Here comes the son? Brazil’s election tips rightward
Rindala Alajarji
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Episode: Here comes the son? Brazil’s election tips rightward
Anita Rogers
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British-American Household Staffing Agency
Episode: Here comes the son? Brazil’s election tips rightward

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Jason Palmer
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Rosie Blau
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    Keep getting 5 year old episodes on the top of my feed! Please fix your indexing

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    Imagine if that stupid car commercial talking about an open relationship was flipped to the man agreeing ? Women's rights heads would explode.

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    United States2 months ago
  • Reporting a particular viewpoint

    I listened to a recent podcast where the lead story was reporting on an interview with Elon Musk. The reporter said he was wrong to associate immigration in Europe with rising crime. The very next story was on youth crime and a facility in Sweden for youth criminals. Nowhere in the story was it mentioned that a disproportionate number of these violent youth come from a migration background. It’s as if they left that out in order not to contradict their story on the Musk interview.

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  • Need Diverse Analysts

    I listen daily to The Intelligence and I must stop. Your analyst have no diversity in thought, perspective and life experience. The result is normalizing and providing cover to the outrageous state of world affairs.

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    Thank you for these book recommendations

    I gifted one (DCC) to my son for his birthday and he was thrilled that I had heard of it!

    Turns out he’s on book seven! Apple were unbelievably helpful in changing it and that involved speaking to a HUMAN.

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Here comes the son? Brazil’s election tips rightward
Q: Well, talk me through that.
The Lula strategy hinges on increasing turnout among undecided and abstaining voters, potentially leveraging incumbency advantages and timely policy handouts to swing the runoff in his favor.
Here comes the son? Brazil’s election tips rightward
Q: And so given the momentum that he apparently has now, what do you see happening in the runoff?
Flávio Bolsonaro is favored to win the runoff given historical patterns where losers in the first round rarely prevail; however, the broader rightward shift in the region and abstention dynamics keep Lula's path alive with a turnout strategy.
Gilets jeunes? France’s school protests
Q: Why is the Cornell case drawing attention now, and how does Title IX function in practice?
The episode explains that Title IX creates a structured framework for campus investigations of sexual assault, but in practice it has seen changing interpretations across administrations, with disputes over due process, sanctions, and the effectiveness of investigations; in the Cornell case, this has led to scrutiny of university and police handling and broader questions about the rule's impact.
Gilets jeunes? France’s school protests
Q: What has the government response been as the protests grew?
The Prime Minister announced a policy to pause regular classes for half a day to give students a chance to express grievances and for local dialogue to begin, signaling an attempt to de‑escalate and address concerns at the school level.
Bargaining chips: Nvidia is the bank of AI
Q: Explain what you mean by the financial engineering. What does that look like in practice?
The podcast explains that Nvidia uses guarantees and investment structures to backstop the value of its chips and the data-center compute, enabling customers—especially smaller labs and hyperscalers—to access expensive AI infrastructure through more favorable financing, effectively expanding demand for Nvidia's products.

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The show delivers concise, global news analysis from a network of The Economist correspondents, focusing on big shifts in politics, business, and culture with on-the-ground reporting and data-driven context. Regularly features regional reporting, policy debates, and expert commentary, plus practical segments like workplace-advice letters, and occasional deep-dives on broader themes. Noteworthy are accessible explanations of complex geopolitics, economy, and technology, paired with timely cultural reflections and a Saturday long-form piece. The format is anchored by a two-host dynamic, strong editorial branding, and a track record of interviews with a range of subject-matter experts, which makes it a solid fit for listeners who want quick, w... more

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