Economist Podcasts

Ahead of tomorrow’s legislative elections we consider the chances of a “blue wave”, the most influential demographics this time around and whether to expect election-administration trouble. Young people are deciding that bricks-and-mortar investment is not as dependable as the stocks-and-shares kind. And 100 years on from his death Harry Houdini still has lessons to teach about getting and staying famous.
Guests and host:
Charlotte Howard, United States editor
Vinjeru Mkandawire, news editor
Caitlin Talbot, digital culture correspondent
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
America’s midterm elections
property, securities, investing
Harry Houdini, fame
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We examine the record of the man at the helm of India’s government. As protests pose a fresh threat, where will he take the country next? From New Hampshire to Virginia, our American-midterms series takes you to the races you might be missing. And the life of Winston Churchill’s last personal secretary.

Guests and host:
Tom Sasse, South Asia bureau chief
Daniella Raz, US correspondent
Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
Ọrẹ Ogunbiyi, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Narendra Modi, India, Cockroach-Janta party
America’s midterm elections, abortion, California
Cecily Gemmell, Winston Churchill
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The world’s richest person does not say much nice about philanthropy, and his foundation does not say much about itself. Our correspondent digs deeper. The next stop for our midterm-elections series is Kansas, where a Republican-seeming Democrat has an unlikely shot at the Senate. And an examination of the received wisdom about how many steps to walk in a day.
Guests and host:
Avantika Chilkoti, global business writer
Daniel Knowles, Midwest correspondent
Sam Wikeley, science correspondent
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Elon Musk, Musk Foundation, philanthropy
America’s midterm elections, Kansas
wellness, walking, received wisdom
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Binyamin Netanyahu has underperformed but so has his main opponent, Gadi Eisenkot. Who will form a government? We decipher what the messy results mean for Israel. Our American-midterms series heads south to Georgia. And how film critics and audiences have agreed to disagree.

Guests and host:
Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent
Rebecca Jackson, Southern correspondent
Doug Dowson, data journalist
Ọrẹ Ogunbiyi, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot
America’s midterm elections, Georgia, Jon Ossoff
Film critics, cinema, the box office
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It would be the first public listing from a frontier-AI firm—and perhaps the largest IPO of all time. We comb through the filing to understand how the company is thinking about itself and its industry. Our American-midterms series continues in the battleground state of Alaska. And scientists consider how to redefine the second.
Guests and host:
Miles Kruppa, technology correspondent
Aryn Braun, West Coast correspondent
David Adam, science writer
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Anthropic IPO, AI
America’s midterm elections, Alaska
the second, metrology, atomic clocks
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