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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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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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Drum Tower: The ideal family
China faces a demographic crisis. Its birth rate has halved over the last ten years. When asked about their ideal family size, many young women say they want one child or no children at all.
David Rennie, The Economist’s Beijing bureau chief, and Alice Su, our senior China correspondent, consider the lingering effects of the one-child policy. Eight years after it ended, how does the policy affect how Chinese people imagine the ideal family size?
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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: Deaths 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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Checks and Balance: Aid, and a bet
For months, a big foreign-aid deal looked like it was going nowhere in the House of Representatives. Now $95bn of support is heading out the door. How did the bill get through? What does it mean for Ukraine and for American leadership in the world?
Charlotte Howard hosts with James Bennet and Idrees Kahloon. They’re joined by The Economist’s Adam O’Neal and Anton La Guardia.
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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
A review on Anne’s interview with Ted Cruz
With customary 20/20 hindsight, I would have hoped that Anne McElvoy challenged senator Cruz on his immigration policy. He is proud of the fact that his father came to America with nothing but 100 dollars sewn into his pocket. I wonder what would be the fate of a person like his father arriving at the border today? Would his point-based immigration policy embrace his father like it used to? Perhaps we would not need to deal with a senator like Ted Cruz today if his policy was in effect when his father arrived at the U.S. I wonder if he noticed the irony.
Brilliant but could do with some new voices
I really love listening to this podcast and learn so much from it. However(I can't work our how to review one particular episode) the the interview with Vogues' Anna Wintour really annoyed and disappointed me. Anne McElvoy had the rare opportunity with a living legend and her journalism was very "Daily Mail". Her use of the words vulgar and describing larger models as fat made my skin crawl. Her questions often seemed out of touch and provocative for the sake of it. Her very posh accent is pretty hard to understand at the best of times but she really amped up the snob in this episode. It would be really refreshing to have a more culturally aware individual handle these type of interviews. Love the show and hope they continue delivering truthful and insightful news FOR ALL.
Amazing quality, surprised it’s free!
This is top notch journalism, non-partisan POV. Always down to earth and accessible. Great interviews, interesting off-the beaten path articles from time to time. Must-listen!