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NASA has successfully launched its first crewed space mission in over a decade. Our correspondent explains why America wants to build a moonbase. AI models underperform in languages other than English. And meet China’s social-media stars: influencer-officials.

Guests and host:
Oliver Morton, senior editor
Deena Mousa, science writer
Gabriel Crossley, China correspondent
Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:
Artemis II, moon, NASA
AI, LLMs, language
China, Chinese Communist Party, influencers, social media

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Ukraine’s resistance to Russia relies on the clever use of drones. Much of that strategy is down to a single person, a former grain trader with a great idea. Our correspondent meets him. Since the Brexit vote a decade ago, Britain has become more like Europe. And why American universities are abandoning the notorious swimming test.

Guests and host:
Oliver Carroll, Ukraine correspondent
Matthew Holehouse, Britain public policy editor
Doug Dowson, data journalist
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The intelligence”

Topics covered:
Ukraine, drones, Russia, Putin
Britain, Europe, European Union, single market
American universities, race, discrimination, swimming

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An Economist investigation reveals that Iran is profiting from the war as it evades sanctions and oil prices surge. India’s government has promised to crush the country’s Maoist insurgency. Our correspondent visits a former rebel stronghold. And why understudies, a theatre’s insurance policy, are underestimated.

Guests and host:
Rachana Shanbhogue, business affairs editor
Kira Huju, Asia correspondent
Hamish Clayton, culture writer
Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:
Oil, Iran, Kharg Island, sanctions
India, Modi, Maoists
Culture, theatre, understudies

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The Iran conflict is escalating with little prospect of an end in sight. Our correspondent explains why a US ground invasion is likely. In an ongoing history series, we look at how America’s attitude to migrants changed as it got richer. And “Project Hail Mary” is a sci-fi film drawing wide audiences.

Guests and host:
Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent
Annie Crabill, a news editor in New York
Alexandra Suich Bass, Culture editor
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The intelligence”

Topics covered:
Iran, Houthis, geopolitics, oil
America, migration, colonialism
“Project Hail Mary”, sci-fi

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Even before America crimped Cuba’s oil, the country was teetering. We ask what is to blame for the Cuban people’s plight, and whether anything better is in prospect. The craze of injecting peptides is not only scientifically unsupported—it is potentially dangerous. Chuck Norris once got mad at dinosaurs. Just once. Our obituaries editor recounts his unlikely rise to international manly stardom.

Guests and host:
Sarah Birke, Central America and Caribbean bureau chief
Natasha Loder, health editor
Tim Cross, senior science writer
Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:
Cuba, Trump administration
peptides, wellness, pseudoscience
Chuck Norris

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