Economist Podcasts

Donald Trump claims to have brokered a deal to import Russian diesel and an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. As attacks on Kyiv continue, our deputy editor says Trump is risking Ukraine’s future for a mid-term bounce. India’s government is failing to quell Gen Z protests. And how song binds us together and brings joy.
Guests and host:
Edward Carr, deputy editor of The Economist
Kira Huju, Asia correspondent
Joel Budd, Britain social affairs editor
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Ukraine, diesel, energy ceasefire, Starlink
Cockroach party, Modi, Abhijeet Dipke
Singing, Sacha Langton-Gilks, choir
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A year ago Donald Trump created the Board of Peace to rebuild Gaza. Yet for many Palestinians, life is even harder, as the ceasefire is repeatedly violated, crime is rising and poverty rife. Why record labels are in a spin over AI music. And Japan is struggling to benefit from the global matcha boom.
Guests and host:
Nicolas Pelham, Middle East correspondent
Henry Tricks, US technology and media editor
Moeka Iida, East Asia reporter
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Gaza, Board of Peace, Hamas
AI music, slop, Warner Music Group
Matcha, Japan, Kagoshima
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This weekend, Yemeni rebels struck Saudi Arabia’s international airport in the deadliest attack on a Gulf Arab country since the Iran war began in February. Our correspondent reports from Riyadh. How European manufacturers are adjusting to high energy prices and war. And the revival of writing by hand.
Guests and host:
Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent
Guy Scriven, global business writer
Caitlin Talbot, culture correspondent
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Saudi Arabia, Houthis, Yemen, Riyadh airport
European carmakers, energy prices, tariffs
Cursive, handwriting
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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 government’s resolute lack of transparency. And a tribute to Cyril Hilsum, the inventor behind ubiquitous flat-screen displays.

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Guests and host:
Slavea Chankova, health-care correspondent
Alex Turner, defence editor
Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:
diet, public health, health policy
Russia, plague, bioweapons
Cyril Hilsum, liquid crystals, flat-screen displays

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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 using mirrors in space. And the fatal earnestness of “The Social Reckoning”.

Guests and host:
Alex Domash, economics correspondent
Tim Cross, senior science writer
Tom Wainwright, culture correspondent
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:
bond yields, monetary policy, animal spirits
satellite technology, darkness and light
“The Social Reckoning”, Aaron Sorkin

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