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The Economist

Every weekday our global network of correspondents makes sense of the stories beneath the headlines. We bring you surprising trends and tales from around the world, current affairs, business and finance — as well as science and technology.

 

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Big birthdays are often a time for reflection. Our editors and correspondents chat through the state of American democracy as seen from inside and outside the country, the country’s perennial paroxysms of immigration policy, and its undimmed power to export its culture to the world. 

Watch extended clips from Insider here.

Guests and host:

 • Robert Guest, deputy editor
 • Rebecca Jackson, Southern correspondent
 • Daniel Knowles, Midwest correspondent
 • Aryn Braun, West Coast correspondent
 • Jon Fasman, senior culture correspondent
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • American history, American democracy
 • immigration policy
 • American cultural exports

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The 250-year experiment: America’s birthday

Big oil firms keep one part of their business hush-hush: trading. Amid an almighty oil shock, the majors’ trading arms are raking it in. But competition is mounting. We look at the Trump administration’s messy attempts to regulate frontier AI models, and how that may cost America its AI edge. And why the biggest music tours are going to fewer places. 

Guests and host:

 • Matthieu Favas, commodities editor
 • Shashank Joshi, incoming Washington bureau chief
 • Vicky Jessop, culture writer
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • oil majors, oil trading
 • AI, frontier models, American regulation
 • music business, concert tours

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Roaring trades: oil majors’ secret success story

Government help was thin on the ground just after the country’s worst quakes in a century. The America-backed regime is thus on literal and figurative shaky ground. A food-delivery robot trial in England represents the future of the service. And why Harlan Coben’s proliferating thrillers are cheesy but gripping.

Guests and host:

 • Kinley Salmon, Latin America correspondent
 • Alex Hern, AI writer
 • Catherine Nixey, culture correspondent
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • Venezuela earthquakes, disaster response
 • delivery robots
 • Harlan Coben

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Fault lines: Venezuela’s paltry earthquake response

With Iran emboldened and America an ever more capricious security partner, Gulf countries face several post-war challenges. They should put their divides aside to tackle them. We dig one last time into our archive to chronicle American history, bringing our series up to the present day. And the mounting evidence that plants can “hear”. 

Guests and host:

 • Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent
 • Annie Crabill, senior digital editor
 • Matt Kaplan, science correspondent
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • Iran war, Middle East geopolitics
 • American history, semiquincentennials
 • plants, biology, science

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Gulf-co-operation counsel: what next for the region

For all the Trumpian chaos in Latin America, no other developing-world regional economy has done so well in the past year. We examine the Donroe dividend. The cost to make jollof rice, a staple dish in Nigeria and Ghana, is a window into the countries’ economies. And the BBC waves goodbye to its long-wave radio service.

Guests and host:

 • Cerian Richmond-Jones, international economics correspondent
 • Ọrẹ Ogunbiyi, Africa correspondent
 • Bo Franklin, senior editor
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • Latin America, Donroe doctrine, mining
 • Nigeria, Ghana, cost of living, jollof rice
 • BBC, long-wave radio

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Latin lessons: the Donroe-doctrine boost

Ukraine is intensifying cross-border attacks in a strategic and psychological effort to make ordinary Russians take notice of the war. We have been collecting reports from the ground on shifting attitudes as occupied Crimea comes under fire. Why the valuation of Elon Musk’s SpaceX affects us all. And celebrating the life of former Fed chair Alan Greenspan.

Guests and host:

 • Matt Steinglass, Europe editor
 • Josh Roberts, capital markets correspondent
 • Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • Ukraine, Crimea, Zelensky, Putin
 • SpaceX, Elon Musk, trillionaire, valuation
 • Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve, monetary policy

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Far Crimea: war comes to Russia’s door

Americans are becoming more anxious about how artificial intelligence will affect jobs, society and even human existence. Republican and Democrat voters are unusually united in their concerns. Divorce rates are rising in China and the Communist party cannot stop them. And the politics of air-conditioning in a scorching Europe.

Guests and host:

 • Robert Guest, Economist deputy editor
 • Sarah Wu, China correspondent
 • Lane Greene, senior digital editor
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The intelligence”
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • Artificial intelligence, midterms, Alex Bores
 • Divorce, China, fertility
 • Heatwaves, Europe, air-conditioning 

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Fear-jerker: America’s AI backlash

When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America from France in 1831 he saw a new kind of society. Not just a country, but an idea that would change the world. His book “Democracy in America” was a big influence on later generations of writers and thinkers, including The Economist’s US Editor John Prideaux. Now, 250 years after its birth, the vitality of that democracy is under question. In this series, John retraces the route Tocqueville took to find out how much of what inspired Tocqueville about America remains—and how worried we should be about what’s changed.

Out now

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Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip

Our correspondent joins an embed in Lebanon, where Israel claims that Hizbullah’s continued strength justifies its campaign. If Israel’s goals diverge from America’s, how does this affect peace talks over the Iran conflict? The impact of the oncoming “Godzilla" El Niño. And why Japan’s popular princess will never take the throne.

Guests and host:

 • Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent
 • Catherine Brahic, environment editor
 • Moeka Iida, East Asia correspondent
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • Lebanon, Hizbullah, IDF, Majdal Zoun
 • El Niño, climate change, famine
 • Japan, Naruhito, Aiko, Princess Toshi

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Missing peace: will Israel imperil Iran deal?

Nearly two centuries ago, a French aristocrat called Alexis De Tocqueville went on a trip around America and wrote up his findings in a book called Democracy in America. Many people still think it’s the most insightful thing ever written about the country. John Prideaux, The Economist’s US Editor, is one of them. 

Tocqueville found Americans' faith in freedom and self-improvement exhilariting—he was the first foreigner to foresee how this new society would change the world. On America’s 250th birthday, John Prideaux sets out on a road trip of his own, following Tocqueville's footsteps from New York to Michigan to Washington, to find out how much of what inspired Tocqueville endures in Trump’s America.

Out now

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Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip

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