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2025-11-26

“They should be scared.” John Bolton, the US President’s former national security adviser, says Donald Trump would sell out Taiwan for a trade deal with China.

2025-11-21

Nicolas Pelham, our Middle East correspondent, and Adam Roberts, our digital editor, are just back from a rare reporting trip to Tehran. They join our top editors in the studio to discuss the future of the Islamic Republic. After 46 years of theocracy and a brief but bruising 12-day-war, where does power now lie? And with the prospects of a succession crisis, has Iran been permanently weakened—or is it storing up trouble?

00:00 – Has Iran’s defence strategy failed?
01:09 – Who could be the next supreme leader?
03:51 – Can the regime survive for another five years?
04:59 – How Iranian society is changing
06:21 – What could prevent the opening of Iranian society

Watch the full show: https://econ.st/4r9mmzX

An interview with Iran’s foreign minister: https://econ.st/43HWDEL

2025-11-18

Jordan Bardella, the leader of France’s populist-right party, the National Rally, could be the country’s next president. What does his vision for France mean for the EU?

2025-11-16

People are smoking less so why are cigarette companies’ profits soaring? Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, and Callum Williams, our senior economics writer, discuss why the tobacco industry is thriving despite the number of American adult smokers falling by around 20m people in the past decade.

Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/3LABV3i

2025-10-01

Why are technology companies investing so much in India’s AI ecosystem? Shailesh Chitnis, global business writer at The Economist, discusses what this might mean for the future of AI both in India and globally, with co-host of The Intelligence podcast Rosie Blau.

00:00 –Why are American tech companies so excited about India?
02:40 –If services are cheap or free, how do these firms plan to make money?
03:38 –Why isn’t India building its own AI giants?
04:39 –What’s next for AI investment in India?

Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/3KkKpLn
India could be a different kind of AI superpower: https://econ.st/4gM5eLQ
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2025-09-29

Attaching yourself onto bigger creatures and sucking their blood doesn’t sound like a taxing lifestyle. But leeches need 32 brains to cope. We explain why #biology #science

2025-09-25

We’re inviting our subscribers inside The Economist.

Insider, our new premium video experience, will provide unprecedented access to our journalists, showcasing the expertise, deeply informed analysis and diverse opinions within the editorial team.

From next month subscribers will get access to a weekly show from Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in chief, plus shows exploring geopolitics, defence, economics and tech with our experts, streamed live and available on demand. They will also be able to submit questions.

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2025-08-05

OnlyFans transformed the online porn industry by charging users to subscribe. Its most famous creator, Bonnie Blue, told The Economist she made $250,000 from the site in March 2025. With the platform now on sale for $8bn, who might buy it?