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What’s happening to American passports? | The Intelligence podcast

2025-10-29

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How powerful is your passport? Michelle Hennessy, our graphic detail editor, and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss how global passport rankings are shifting and why America’s passport power is fading. 00:00 What passport do you have? 00:27 Which passport is more powerful — British or Irish? 00:50 What is passport power? 01:20 Why does passport power matter when you travel? 01:46 How are passports ranked? 02:04 Which country...

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Kaja Kallas: can the European Union survive in an era of strongmen?

2025-10-28

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Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are threatening the longstanding values of the European Union. Kaja Kallas, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy and former prime minister of Estonia, speaks to our geopolitics editor, David Rennie, about how the union can navigate an increasingly turbulent and hostile world. #putin #trump #xijinping 00:00 - Introduction 00:07 - How China views the Russia-Ukraine war...

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Kaja Kallas: why China doesn’t want Ukraine to win

2025-10-28

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Why does China want the war in Ukraine to continue? The EU’s top diplomat tells our geopolitics editor, David Rennie, that China is backing Russia’s war to keep America distracted.

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Is it still worth going to university?

2025-10-27

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For decades going to university was a sure step to a nice life, but today graduates are struggling. Are degrees still worth it, and which are the best subjects to study in the age of AI? Video supported by @mishcondereya 00:00 - Is it still worth going to university? 00:20 - Are you more likely to be employed if you’re a graduate? 02:07 - Are people still applying to university? 03:05 - How will AI impact jobs? 04:06 - What should you study in...

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What should you study in the age of AI?

2025-10-27

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Many of the jobs that graduates will end up doing don't even exist yet. In the age of AI, what are the best subjects to study? Video supported by @mishcondereya

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Why China and Russia don’t fear the West

2025-10-25

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Why don’t Russia and China fear the West? David Rennie, our geopolitics editor, examines how Europe and America are being confused and divided by their rivals.

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Steve Bannon: We have to seize the institutions

2025-10-24

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Steve Bannon says the MAGA movement has to “seize the institutions, seize them and then purge them”. He spoke to Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Ed Carr, our deputy editor, in Washington, DC earlier this week.

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Steve Bannon on MAGA’s momentum in Europe

2025-10-24

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Steve Bannon says the MAGA movement reshaping America is now sweeping across Europe, claiming that Nigel Farage will be Britain’s next prime minister. He spoke to Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Ed Carr, our deputy editor, in Washington, DC about the populist forces he believes are surging across the continent—from France and Germany to Britain. Watch the full interview at www.economist.com/insider

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How will Japan’s first female prime minister shape her country? | The Intelligence Podcast

2025-10-24

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Will Sanae Takaichi push Japan further to the right? Noah Sneider, our East Asia bureau chief, and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, explore Japan’s first female prime minister's path to power and what her leadership means for the country's future. 00:00 - Who is Takaichi Sanae? 01:10 - How did she rise to power? 02:05 - What do we know about her background? 03:40 - What drives her political ideology? 04:20 - Is she a populist?...

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Steve Bannon: Trump will have a third term

2025-10-23

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At The Economist, we believe it is important to engage seriously with people whose ideas challenge our own. In keeping with that belief, our editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, and our deputy editor, Ed Carr, spoke to Steve Bannon, one of the chief architects of the MAGA movement. Bannon insists that president Trump will have a third term and has played a role in galvanising Europe’s populist nationalists, many of whom are now close to power....

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Bannon: Donald Trump will have a third term

2025-10-23

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Steve Bannon insists that Donald Trump will be president again for a third term in 2028 — and that America needs him to. Bannon, one of the chief architects of the MAGA movement, spoke to Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Ed Carr, our deputy editor, in Washington, DC. At The Economist, we believe it is important to engage seriously with people whose ideas challenge our own. The ideas Mr Bannon champions are gaining traction across...

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Why are so many Chinese bosses disappearing? | The Intelligence podcast

2025-10-22

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Where are China’s missing moguls? Since the start of the year, 39 Chinese business leaders have vanished into Liuzhi—a detention system created as part of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption crackdown. Don Weinland, our China business and finance editor and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss the extent of these sinister disappearances. 00:00 - Chinese bosses are being detained 00:50 - What is the Liuzhi detention system 02:08 -...

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Why are American drug prices so high?

2025-10-21

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Americans cough up more than anyone else for their drugs. Medicine prices in the United States are more than three times the rich-world average. Donald Trump wants to fix that, by forcing companies to match the lowest prices in other wealthy countries. But could his cure be worse than the disease? #america #healthcare #donaldtrump #bigpharma #uspolitics

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Is it still worth going to university?

2025-10-20

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For decades the path to a nice life was clear: go to university, find a job, then watch the money come in. But today graduates are struggling. Is a degree still worth it? Video supported by @mishcondereya

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Why is cybercrime getting even more profitable? | The Intelligence podcast

2025-10-18

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Cybercrime is on the rise, increasingly afflicting large businesses as criminals use the threat of operational disruption to extort ever-larger ransoms. Our AI writer, Alex Hern joins Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, to discuss how companies and governments should respond to this growing threat. 0:00 – Why are cyberattacks increasing? 2:46 – Who are the hackers targeting? 3:04 – Why was the Jaguar Land Rover attack so costly? 4:11...

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The cocaine market is bigger than ever

2025-10-18

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Pablo Escobar's control-everything model is dead. Cocaine traffickers today are highly decentralised, using scuba divers, narco subs and sophisticated chemistry to evade policing. Our Latin America correspondent, Kinley Salmon, explains why cocaine trafficking has become harder than ever to stop.

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Were we wrong about Trump’s tariffs?

2025-10-17

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America’s economy continues to grow, despite Donald Trump’s tariffs. Our editors ask whether they were wrong about the President’s trade policy in the latest episode of Insider.

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Were we wrong about Trump’s tariffs?

2025-10-17

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Despite stark warnings from The Economist when Donald Trump unveiled his tariff regime on ‘Liberation Day’, America’s economy continues to grow. Will that continue? Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, Edward Carr, deputy editor and a panel of our journalists discuss whether they were wrong about the President’s trade policy–or if a reckoning awaits. Subscribers can watch the full interview as part of our new video series “The Economist...

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Can Germany keep the hard right from power?

2025-10-16

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Germany’s hard-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is more popular than ever. One in four Germans now support it. Yet despite its rise, the party remains shut out of power.

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How do red-light masks keep your skin young? | The Intelligence

2025-10-15

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Do red-light masks actually work? Our senior audio producer, Sarah Lawrynuik, and Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss whether the self care product can actually help combat signs of ageing in our skin. 0:00: What are red light masks supposed to do? 1:50: Are they worth the hype or just marketing? 3:01: How do we know that they actually work? 3:51: How do you use them as part of your skincare routine? #TheEconomist...

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