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| After JD Vance and Tim Walz squared off against each in last night’s vice-presidential debate (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/10/02/the-vice-presidential-debate-was-surprisingly-cordial?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), our correspondent assesses their performance – and its effect on the US election. In Britain the pro-European cause (https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/09/04/why-are-remainers-so-weak-in-post-brexit-britain?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) is popular, but its advocates are ineffective (10:53). And why the gleam of a Michelin star (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/09/24/the-curse-of-the-michelin-star?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) may tarnish (19:18). Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ (https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus) For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page (https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts) or watch our video () explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information. |
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