Woke croaks: “peak woke” has passed
2024-09-27
Over the past decade a form of wokeness (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/09/19/after-peak-woke-what-next?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=checksandbalance&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) arose on the illiberal left, characterised by extreme pessimism about America and its capacity to make progress. of how influential these ideas are today finds that wokeness peaked in 2021-22 and has since receded. Why is America becoming less “woke”?
John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon. They’re joined by The Economist’s Ainslie Johnstone and Sacha Nauta, and Professor Musa al-Gharbi of Stony Brook University.
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The war in Sudan, explained
2024-09-25
Sudan’s war is the world’s worst—but widely ignored. We explain the story behind the fighting. Watch part 2 here:
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“Hell on earth”: satellite images document the siege of a Sudanese city: https://econ.st/3XI7PNU
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Anarchy in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst famine in 40 years: https://econ.st/4ewVNO6
The ripple effects of Sudan’s war are being felt across three continents: https://econ.st/3XDAeEN
How to rig an election
2024-09-19
2024 is the biggest election year in history, but The Economist estimated more than a third wouldn’t be free and fair. What is the worryingly effective playbook used by authoritarian leaders to rig elections?
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India’s elections: a triumph for democracy: https://econ.st/3Mwn4UC
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Current affairs: how batteries will green the grid
2024-09-05
Though we use more renewable energy than ever before, electricity grids need ways to cope with intermittent wind or solar power. Innovations that make batteries to store that energy bigger, cheaper (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/09/01/clean-energys-next-trillion-dollar-business?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) and more efficient can help. Why tourists are flocking to Asia (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/08/15/the-global-tourism-boom-is-shifting-to-asia?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) (9:41). And a listener asks
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