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The Intelligence from The Economist The Economist
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Get a daily burst of illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents. Our reporters dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be. A unique perspective on the issues and events shaping your world.
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The Intelligence: The kids are alright, turns out
When you look around the world, and at a wider set of measures, Generation Z are far better off than the popular narrative would have you believe. We examine what India’s push to soup up its nukes means for the global arms race (09:30). And even as global fertility rates fall, sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing a relative baby boom (17:11).
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The Intelligence: Going back to raid school
A dramatic overnight raid in New York City was just one sign that protests at American universities are set to continue—a clear historical echo in an already-fraught election year. We ask why a niche newspaper run by Japan’s communist party has so much influence (13:05). And a study of new books on loneliness reveals both the benefits and drawbacks of solitude (20:39).
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The Intelligence: Dengue’s grip on Latin America
The dengue-fever case counts now break regional records every year—and the structural reasons behind the spike suggest this sometimes-deadly virus will soon threaten more of the world. Breaches and security holes keep revealing how much of the internet’s innards are maintained by volunteers; we ask why (09:45). And the case for moving over, not up, at work (17:10).
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The Intelligence: A civil society in waiting
The ruling military junta that seized power in a coup in 2021 is losing ground, slowly—and the rebels are now thinking about what happens if they win. We examine the structural reasons behind Britain’s dearth of industrial robots (10:22). And climate change boosts Canada’s yields of maple syrup, but also threatens to make them unpredictable (15:44).
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The Weekend Intelligence: Death in the forest
During covid-19 an evangelical, end-of-times preacher led thousands of his followers into the Kenyan forest. Then he persuaded them to starve themselves to death. A year after hundreds of bodies were first discovered, journalist Carey Baraka tells the Weekend Intelligence what happened.
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The Intelligence: Britain’s latest bad idea
As Parliament has now agreed to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, many members of the ruling Conservative party want to quit the court that tried to block it. It would be yet another costly mistake. Earth’s largest refrigerator, Antarctica, is defrosting. What does this mean for the rest of the world (09:24)? And a tribute to the American journalist held captive by Hizbullah for almost 7 years (17:50).
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Customer Reviews
Carrying a gun
Painful to listen to this
Last three weeks I was in London travelling from rural Scotland to help an Elderly friend I have known for 39 years
Getting old in London is not easy but coming back to this podcast in the last days of my stay a youth carried a crossbow arrows and killed two people
I cried I simply couldn’t believe what I heard
No one saw this young man ? How can you not see crossbow and arrows? Then why why would you wake up one day and just kill ?
Now your podcast explores why women is trying to decide if she should carry a gun She goes onto say to say she women of colour and links it history of gun control in USA
The narrative guides us through her relationship with gun and her family staying on the neutral lane Those last two words staying in the neutral lane are key words.
Let’s talk about neutral lane create laws that encourage the neutral lane and talk about the dynamics that need to shift the psychologically impact of killing
Let not laugh about smell or so called control you fantasy thinks it gets as you pop the trigger NO rather talk about the human being and humanity and inhumane act that leave an imprint in the family who will live with loss forever
Crossbow guns knives bombs war of any kind must be stopped and let’s talk about the importance of being in the neutral lane from now on
From rural Scotland woman who cried about life changing event and then heard this podcast
The man who would lead Palestine
Top notch episode. I don’t normally listen to the weekend editions but this was very informative and fairly balanced.
Also I think the two lead presenters seem increasingly settled into working together on the show which is an improvement, although it does still feel a little too scripted at times.
Potentially great
The choice of subjects are generally good but the correspondents and host are woke lefties with little balance and continue to push the left agenda, albeit subtly but sometimes with a sledgehammer. Considering the newspaper, some balance should be the minimum.
The episode on Russian prisons focus on Nigerian oil and the correspondent decides to say oil companies that diversify are going the best - unfortunately for everyone who listens the market does not think this. Personal opinions preaching what reporter wants rather than the ACTUAL MARKET is AWFUL in the Economist. Shame on your editor to approve this.