A key Keystone: the race for Pennsylvania
2024-10-04
Whoever wins Pennsylvania will probably win the presidency: according to it’s the most likely tipping point state. We’ve travelled to three different areas to assess how the campaign is going, and try to read the electoral tea leaves. Who’s winning in Pennsylvania? (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/09/19/pennsylvania-the-crucial-battleground-in-americas-election?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)
John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon.
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War in Ukraine: what does victory now look like?
2024-10-01
Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, has travelled across Ukraine to find out what lies ahead. What might victory look like? Listen to a special episode of our “Weekend Intelligence” podcast and find out why it’s crunch time for Ukraine: https://econ.st/4gKTFnK
Ukraine and its allies must change course: https://econ.st/4gKTA3q
Ukraine is on the defensive, militarily, economically and diplomatically: https://econ.st/3XLC6LI
More on the crisis in Ukraine: https://econ.st/3XM4u0a
No right left: Afghanistan’s oppressed women
2024-09-25
Even before last month’s revised religious rules (https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/09/19/the-taliban-is-removing-every-shred-of-freedom-from-women?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), Afghanistan’s women were being crushed under the Taliban’s thumb. Now they cannot even so much as raise their voices. While other countries try to crimp the flow of cheap Chinese electric cars, Britain is welcoming them
Fed-letter day: at last, a rate cut
2024-09-19
The first reduction in interest rates (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/09/18/why-the-federal-reserve-has-gambled-on-a-big-interest-rate-cut?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) for four years shows America’s Federal Reserve thinks inflation is now in check. But does the central bank’s decision suggest it is now concerned about the labour market? Ukraine wants its allies to provide long-range missiles
Yuan direction: Chinese firms head south
2024-08-01
As domestic demand in China slows, and the West puts up trade and political barriers, Chinese firms are shifting (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/08/01/chinese-companies-are-winning-the-global-south?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) their focus to poorer parts of the world. After Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure intensify, our correspondent visits a wrecked power plant (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/07/15/half-ukraines-power-is-knocked-out-winter-is-coming?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) (9:10). And
Is Putin running out of soldiers?
2024-07-23
The Russian army is suffering its highest casualties since it invaded Ukraine. Is Putin running out of soldiers to keep his war going?
#warinukraine #zelensky #putin
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How many Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine? https://econ.st/3zRgeGm
Russia’s vast stocks of Soviet-era weaponry are running out https://econ.st/4cROYWG
Vadym Sukharevsky, the man in charge of Ukraine’s drones https://econ.st/4d7t3v7
When will Ukraine join NATO? https://econ.st/3YaEVYv
The Kremlin is rewriting Wikipedia https://econ.st/3y9rDRg
Dicky birds: the next pandemic?
2024-07-19
The scars of the covid pandemic are still raw, but now a virus spreading (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/07/17/h5n1-avian-flu-could-cause-a-human-pandemic?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) among farm animals could leap to humans. Could bird flu become the next pandemic? White women are sometimes absolved of blame in the crime of slavery in America (9:50). Research suggests
Meet Keir Starmer, Britain’s next prime minister
2024-07-05
He will become Britain’s prime minister—but voters remain unsure what he stands for. So who is the real Sir Keir Starmer?
00:00 – Who is Keir Starmer?
00:39 – His life before politics
01:38 – His political rise
02:38 – His politics
#breakingnews #breaking
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See our UK general election coverage: https://econ.st/3RW6Hnt
What’s happening in Britain?: https://econ.st/4cLnm5l
Keir Starmer should be Britain’s next prime minister: https://econ.st/3RVeJgi
Sir Keir Starmer, bureaucrat first, politician second: https://econ.st/3zCH5Wm
Who are generation K: https://econ.st/3zCH050
Keir Starmer, the post-populist: https://econ.st/3zD1RFm
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