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The Economist

Join Jason Palmer and Rosie Blau for noise-cancelling news and analysis from The Economist's global network of correspondents. Every weekday this award-winning podcast 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. 

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The Intelligence from The Economist

For 15 years, the British media dismissed Tommy Robinson as a far-right extremist. We kept him off our televisions, and out of our newspapers. 

Today his rallies attract tens of thousands of followers and he has the ear of the world’s richest man.

Shire Folk is the story of how some of the most powerful people in America came to see Britain—and Islam—through the eyes of a fringe football hooligan.

Topics covered:

Radical IslamGangsEnglish Defence League

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The Weekend Intelligence: Shire folk

OpenAI’s claim to have solved one of the great problems in mathematics has itself created problems. We ask why the breakthrough has shaken the field. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11 we examine the vast counterterrorism machinery that followed in America, and nascent efforts to pare those powers back. And remembering Guo Lanying, a Chinese singer who championed traditional opera.

Watch extended clips from Insider here.

Guests and host:

 • Sam Wikeley, science correspondent
 • Sam Beal, Washington correspondent
 • Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • mathematics, AI, Millennium Prize Problems
 • 9/11 anniversary, counterterrorism law
 • Guo Lanying, Chinese opera

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Out-numbered: AI’s contentious maths milestone

The labour data are in from America and a trend is becoming clearer: on balance AI is starting to create more jobs than it hoovers up. Despite advancements of just about every other kind, China cannot seem to escape its food-safety problems. We ask why not. And why Kenya’s ants have become the target of smugglers.

Guests and host:

 • Alex Domash, economics correspondent
 • Gabriel Crossley, China correspondent
 • Carla Subirana, news editor
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • AI, labour statistics, labour market
 • China, regulation, food safety
 • ants, smuggling, Kenya

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Working through it: the AI jobs boom dawns

President Javier Milei has tamed inflation and improved the lot of many Argentines. But an election season approaches, and the promised economic and wage growth are not materialising. As LIV Golf files for bankruptcy, we ask where it went wrong in trying to disrupt the sport. And the growth that is good for India’s people is bad for its elephants.

Guests and host:

 • Kinley Salmon, Latin America correspondent
 • Henry Tricks, US technology editor
 • Abhishek Kumar, India writer
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • Argentina, Javier Milei
 • golf, LIV Golf, Saudi Arabia
 • India, elephants

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Chainsaw sputtering: Milei’s experiment falters

International tests in maths and reading show that 15-year-olds today score what 14-year-olds would have done a decade ago. Our correspondent explains the long-term decline. Is Miami’s thriving economic growth sustainable? And why Jeremy Vine’s BBC Radio 2 show is a microcosm of Britain. 

Guests and host:

 • Mark Johnson, senior editor
 • Cerian Richmond Jones, international economics correspondent
 • Sonny Loughran, Britain correspondent 
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • PISA, education, test scores, exams, aptitude
 • Miami, Trump, Florida, hurricane
 • Jeremy Vine, Radio 2, BBC

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School of shock: teenagers get dimmer

Alternative for Germany won an even larger share of the vote than expected in yesterday’s state election. What does the far-right nationalist party’s success mean for Germany and Europe? The climate case for limiting vapour trails from aeroplanes. And why South Korean youths are turning to Buddhism. 

Guests and host:

 • Tom Nuttall, Berlin bureau chief
 • Oliver Morton, planetary affairs editor
 • Soobin Kim, Korea writer
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • AfD, Alternative for Germany, Alternative für Deutschland
 • contrails, aviation, climate science
 • South Korea, Buddhism

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All right on the night: AfD’s victory

Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, has shifted strategy to boost demand for its chips. Our correspondent assesses the opportunities and risks. Knife crime in Britain moves to rural pastures. And our obituaries editor recounts the life of Frank Smith, who died in prison aged 101. 

Watch extended clips from Insider here, plus the full Elon Musk interview

Guests and host:

 • Shailesh Chitnis, global business writer
 • Sonny Loughran, Britain correspondent
 • Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • Nvidia, AI, Jensen Huang
 • Knife crime, county lines, drug market
 • Frank Smith, electric chair, death row

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Bargaining chips: Nvidia is the bank of AI

Donald Trump’s stance on immigration helped him win the presidency. Our correspondent asks if a backlash against the campaign could damage Republican midterm prospects. Reddit is struggling in an age of AI. And the enduring beauty of the Bayeux tapestry.

Guests and host:

 • Aryn Braun, West Coast correspondent
 • Shera Avi-Yonah, business correspondent
 • Alexandra Suich Bass, culture editor
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • Deportation, ICE, immigration, Minneapolis
 • Reddit, Google, AI
 • Bayeux tapestry, 1066, British Museum

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Ire and ICE: the toll of America’s deportations

On Sunday, Alternative for Germany could become the first far-right nationalist party to win a state election since the end of the second world war. Is Britain right to worry about Palantir handling government contracts? And could the Chinese learn to love chocolate? 

Guests and host:

 • Tom Nuttall, chief Germany correspondent
 • Georgia Banjo, Britain correspondent
 • Don Weinland, China business and finance editor
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • Germany, AfD, Alternative for Germany, Saxony-Anhalt
 • Palantir, NHS
 • China, chocolate 

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Right in front: AfD could win German state

After the devastating flash flood last week, our correspondent explains why the country is so ill-equipped to deal with the crisis. Does AI stop children from learning? And why Japanese ongaku kissa, or listening bars, are so popular abroad.

Guests and host:

 • Kira Hiju, Asia correspondent
 • Michelle Hennessy, graphic detail editor
 • Aaron Coultate, head of newsletters
 • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
 • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

 • Nepal, flood, climate change, glacier, hydropower
 • AI, education, exams
 • Japan, listening bars, 
ongaku kissa • 

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After the flood: Nepal’s ongoing rescue

This weekend marks three decades since the wall fell, yet stark divides remain between East and West. We revisit that moment of hope that remains unfulfilled. Ethiopia’s Somali state was until recently the country’s most repressive; a visit to one of its prisons reveals a tremendous transformation for the better. And China’s effort to boost its national football team: naturalising foreign talents. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer

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