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by The Economist · English

Join Jason Palmer and Rosie Blau for noise-cancelling news and analysis from The Economist's global network of correspondents. Every weekday the winner of "Best Daily Show" at the 2026 British Podcast Awards, picks three stories shaping your world—the big shifts in politics, business and culture, plus things you never knew you needed to know. On Saturdays, download The Weekend Intelligence to dive deep into a single story, vividly told. If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you’ll have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get access, please visit our FAQs page at https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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There Xi goes: visiting North Korea

The Intelligence from The Economist episode focuses on Xi Jinping’s July visit to North Korea and what it signals for nuclear talks, plus two additional segments: life under M23 rebel occupation in…

9 Jun 2026 · 25m · 10 chapters

Ceasefire alarm: Iran and Israel trade strikes

The episode is about two main things: a fragile US-Iran ceasefire unraveling after Iran and Israel trade strikes, and a separate tech/media segment on BYD’s EV strategy and the rise of companion…

8 Jun 2026 · 24m · 7 chapters

Pregnant pause: India’s slumping fertility

The episode of The Economist’s Intelligence covers India’s “baby bust” (slumping fertility) and also includes two lighter segments: why vegan cheese is hard to make (casein vs plant substitutes) and…

5 Jun 2026 · 24m · 9 chapters

A murder exploited: Britain’s George Floyd moment that wasn’t

The episode has three segments. First, it covers the Southampton stabbing death of 18-year-old Henry Novak and how bodycam footage released after trial shows police initially treating him as the…

4 Jun 2026 · 24m · 10 chapters

Focused group: Ukraine is now Europe’s war

Europe’s role in the Ukraine war, including EU strategy, possible negotiations with Russia, and Ukraine’s EU accession timeline; plus a market segment on “giga IPOs” (SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic) and…

3 Jun 2026 · 21m · 8 chapters

Head out of the cloud: Nvidia’s personal-computer shift

The episode covers two main stories. First, Nvidia’s “reinvention of the computer”: at Computex in Taipei, Jensen Huang says Nvidia and Microsoft are developing chips specifically for personal…

2 Jun 2026 · 21m · 5 chapters

Mistrusting the process: containing Congo’s Ebola outbreak

The episode focuses mainly on containing a resurgent Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), explaining why response efforts are failing and what could still stop regional…

1 Jun 2026 · 21m · 8 chapters

New world of warcraft: how conflict has forever changed

Shishank Joshi (defense editor) reflects on how modern war has changed—especially through drones, sensors, precision weapons, and the erosion of laws of war—while also discussing how war feels closer…

29 May 2026 · 26m · 9 chapters

Deal or ordeal: Trump’s bad options in Cuba

The episode of The Intelligence focuses on Trump’s Cuba policy and the risks of “sticks” versus a negotiated deal.

28 May 2026 · 23m · 8 chapters

What price victory? Ukraine on the front foot

Ukraine’s battlefield momentum and political risks; then two supply-chain/economic “bellwethers”: Home Depot as a read on the US housing market, and English willow as the supply bottleneck for…

27 May 2026 · 19m · 10 chapters

No big deal: murky Iran-war negotiations

Unclear US-Iran ceasefire talks after renewed US strikes; potential interim “letter of intent” to extend talks, plus energy-market timelines.

26 May 2026 · 21m · 7 chapters

Pulp fiction v the classics: summer reading

Summer reading debate: what makes a “good” book—escapism vs literary value—plus genre picks (lit RPG, sci-fi, romance, crime, techno-thriller) and how lists/bestsellers shape reading.

25 May 2026 · 29m · 15 chapters

Big boosts to fill: SpaceX’s giant IPO

The episode is a three-part Economist “Intelligence” covering: (1) SpaceX’s Starship test flight and the company’s planned mega-IPO; (2) why young men are souring on Donald Trump; (3) the 50th…

22 May 2026 · 25m · 14 chapters

The Peking order: Xi meets Putin after Trump

The episode covers three segments: (1) summit politics in Beijing after Trump’s China visit, focusing on Xi Jinping’s “no-limits” partnership with Vladimir Putin; (2) why the English Premier League…

21 May 2026 · 21m · 7 chapters

Bibi, one more time? Israel’s election launches

The episode of The Intelligence from The Economist covers three stories. Topic 1: Israel’s election and Netanyahu’s survival.

20 May 2026 · 20m · 7 chapters

Spread too thin: Africa’s next Ebola outbreak

The episode opens with the WHO declaring a public health emergency over an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that has spread to Uganda.

19 May 2026 · 22m · 16 chapters

Equal before the law? Transitional justice in Syria

Transitional justice in Syria after Assad’s fall, focusing on the May 10 start of trials for regime figures, plus a separate segment on China’s whiskey boom.

18 May 2026 · 25m · 8 chapters

Top dog-whistler: Tommy Robinson and Britain’s far right

The episode of The Intelligence (Economist) has two main segments. Topic 1: Tommy Robinson and Britain’s far right. Guest: Georgia Banjo, Britain correspondent for The Economist.

15 May 2026 · 24m · 7 chapters

Fired alarm: AI hype versus labour-market history

The show contrasts AI “doomsday” claims about job losses with labor-market history, arguing past technologies disrupted work but didn’t permanently destroy jobs; it also reports on US efforts to…

14 May 2026 · 22m · 9 chapters

Duo’s lingo: what to watch for in Trump-Xi summit

The episode of The Intelligence (Economist) covers two main stories. First, it previews the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, delayed from April.

13 May 2026 · 22m · 11 chapters

Apocalypse soon? AI could hasten bioweapons

AI and synthetic biology could accelerate bioweapon development, raising existential risk; episode also covers whether investors have “safe assets” amid shocks, and a German bread segment.

12 May 2026 · 21m · 6 chapters

Keir hunters: will Britain’s PM go?

The episode of The Intelligence (Economist) covers two main stories.

11 May 2026 · 20m · 7 chapters

Drone team: Russia’s plan to arm Iran

Leaked Russian GRU proposal to arm Iran with drone systems to counter American forces, plus the human impact of the Iran war on merchant seafarers in the Gulf.

8 May 2026 · 27m · 7 chapters

A hatred normalised: antisemitism in Britain

The episode leads with a report on rising antisemitism in Britain, describing recent violent attacks on Jewish people and institutions (e.g., stabbings in a Jewish neighborhood; arson at a disused…

7 May 2026 · 20m · 8 chapters