Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Stayed in China: a domestic-brand boom
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Western brands used to define cool and luxurious in China. No longer. Now consumers are turning to h...
Truce and consequences: a fragile ceasefire in Iran
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Iran’s strikes both before and apparently after a ceasefire began seem to threaten peace. If it ho...
Company profile: Corning
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The picturesque town of Corning in upstate New York doesn’t look like the site of bleeding-edge in...
No good options: how Iran will respond
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After America’s strikes intended to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme, one question is whether th...
Hurry up and wait: Trump’s choice on Iran
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The most consequential decision of Donald Trump’s presidency is now on pause for two weeks. We exa...
I’d like not to thank the academy: graduates’ fortunes slip
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The workplace wisdom that a university degree is a sure-fire key to success is very much in question...
A house divided against itself: America simmers
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Political assassinations. Troops on city streets. National protests. We examine the edgy mood inside...
Confused unity: the mood in Iran
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A sudden war made Iran’s leaders look unprepared. And many Iranians loathe the regime. But there a...
Bunkers unbusted: Israel and Iran
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So far, Israel’s strikes have not accomplished the stated mission of crippling Iran’s nuclear pr...
Lone raider: Israel bombs Iran
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After Israel launches an all-out assault on Iran without clear US backing, our correspondent explain...
Same news story: why Murdoch endures
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The all-famous Murdoch clan is engaged in a fierce battle over control of the family’s media compa...
Golden girls: do parents prefer them?
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, male children were prized as heirs and breadwinners. Now the desire to have boys is d...
Core blimey: what’s up at Apple?
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It brought us the iPhone–and changed the world. Now Apple is struggling to keep up with rapid adva...
California screaming: National Guard in LA
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our correspondent reports from LA, where Donald Trump’s decision to send in troops risks inciting ...
Billion dollar babies: Trump-Musk spat
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the world’s most powerful man falls out with its richest? Our correspondent anal...
Count their losses: Russia casualties hit 1m
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the number of Russian dead and injured in Ukraine reaches a grim milestone, what do these losses ...
He’s got Seoul: South Korea’s new leader
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The election of South Korea’s new president represents a resounding rejection of the political tur...
Apocalypse soon? Britain ups its defence
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Britain, alongside other European countries, faces rising threats to its security. But a bold new st...
Poles apart: hard right wins by a sliver
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Poland’s presidential election was a fight between two distinct visions of the country’s future....
No major food groups: aid chaos in Gaza
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A newly formed, private foundation took charge of aid distribution in the territory; a melee ensued....
Duties bound: a Trump-tariff smackdown
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US Court of International Trade ruled that Donald Trump’s so-called fentanyl and Liberation Da...
Ivy beleaguer: Harvard hung out to dry
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration’s determination to bend higher-education institutions to its will seems t...
Soldiers’ fortune: Ukraine’s prisoner swap
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No one knows which soldiers will be on the buses; many families simply come in hope. As the wider wa...
Perverting the course of justices: Mexico’s judiciary
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Voters will be electing each and every one of the country’s judges—removing the last meaningful ...
Get rich, quick: Vietnam’s next revolution
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The country’s leader is in a mad rush to transform his country into an upper-middle-income powerho...
Suspicious mines: Putin-proofing the Baltics
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia know their borders may be the next front for Russian aggression. They ...
Worse even than it seems: Gaza’s death toll
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A careful study of a range of data sources suggests that Israel’s military actions in Gaza have re...
Islands in the scheme: a Britain-EU deal
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A “reset” with the bloc is merely a first step in maintaining relations. We ask what is in this ...
May-poll dance: Poland’s presidential race
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor expected to win the first round cleanly only squeaked by. We as...
Boss Class: Innovation: Coming up with new ideas
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forget the hammocks and ping-pong tables. Creativity takes work. Managers at Google, Lego and a pair...
Bucharest pressed: Ukraine’s election effect
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Negotiations in Turkey to bring peace to Ukraine could be a flop. But the repercussions of shifting ...
Drug war: Trump takes on big pharma
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drugs in America often cost more than three times as much as those elsewhere. But Donald Trump’s p...
All talk, no sanctions: Trump lifts Syria embargo
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Donald Trump removes bans on trade with Syria and meets its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, our correspon...
Hunger strikes: Agony in Gaza as Israel blocks aid
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A ceasefire becomes ever more urgent in Gaza as Israel expands military operations and obstructs aid...
Meet the boss: Liz Reid of Google
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Season 2, we’re releasing an extended interview alongside each episode. This week: Who needs s...
Innovation: Coming up with new ideas
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forget the hammocks and ping-pong tables. Creativity takes work. Managers at Google, Lego and a pair...
Duty falls: US and China reach a deal
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tariffs against China were the centrepiece of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” trade plans. Our...
Holy smoke! An American pope
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The choice of Robert Prevost reflects a desire for unity and compromise. But insofar as Pope Leo XIV...
Identity parades: our VE-Day special
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eighty years since the surrender of Nazi forces, we consider the differing ways that nations frame t...
Neighbour-rattling: India strikes Pakistan
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two weeks after a terrorist attack in Kashmir, Indian missiles streaked into Pakistan. Will the reta...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
First not past the post: Germany’s chancellor shocker
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a post-war first, Germany’s round of parliamentary voting for a chancellor did not produce one....
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
People vilify plastic. they should use it better instead
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many people view plastic as an environmental disaster that blights landscapes and chokes marine life...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
Aussie rules: give Trumpism the boot
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia’s Conservative party was on the ascent until Donald Trump took office in January. At the...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
Mine craft: US-Ukraine resource deal
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
America and Ukraine have signed a deal to share the profits of extracting natural resources. Our cor...
Herman Pontzer: what people get wrong about metabolism
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Do you run, cycle or swim to lose weight? Herman Pontzer, an evolutionary anthropologist who special...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
Executive disorder: Trump’s first 100 days
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since Donald Trump took office, there has been a deluge of news. Our correspondent considers what mi...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
The Carney army: Canada unites against Trump
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada’s election campaign was dominated by Donald Trump’s threats against the nation. Now the L...
Interview: Tracey Franklin
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Tracey Franklin, chief human resources officer at vaccine and biotech company Moderna, tells The Eco...
Interview: Daniel Kahneman
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The careers of many CEOs are built on overconfidence and a few lucky breaks. But to be a successful ...
Interview: Claire Hughes Johnson
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Economist's Andrew Palmer asks Claire Hughes Johnson, former COO of Stripe and author of "Scalin...
Interview: Emma Walmsley
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In 2017 Emma Walmsley became the most powerful woman in corporate Britain. The boss of the drugmaker...
Interview: Reid Hoffman
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On the cover of his latest book, Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI, Reid Hoffman credits...
Managing yourself: Human factors
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Economist’s Andrew Palmer seeks advice on managing your cognitive load, your career path and t...
Incentivising: Into the upside down
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Economist's Andrew Palmer asks how companies motivate employees to do their best work. He hears ...
Meetings: The clown car
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What if all the meetings in your calendar disappeared overnight? Tia Silas, Chief HR Officer of Shop...
Teamwork: Inside the yellow line
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Taavet Hinrikus, the co-founder of Wise, one of the world’s biggest fintech firms, gives advice on...
Recruitment: Testing, testing
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It is the most important decision a manager can make. How do you increase your chances of hiring the...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist...
Modi behaviour: will India retaliate against Pakistan?
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tensions between India and Pakistan have flared after the terrorist attack in Kashmir last week. Our...
Carney score: last days of Canada’s campaign
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada’s sovereignty has loomed large in the federal election campaign, but beyond the show of nat...
Fed man walking? Trump v Powell
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First, Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, was for the chop; then he was safe. As elsewh...
Division multiplication: the UAE’s foreign meddling
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The United Arab Emirates projects an image of level-headed calm in the Gulf. Its actions abroad, how...
Cardinals in: choosing the next pope
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the cardinals of the coming conclave prepare, our correspondent considers what will guide them. W...
A man of the people: Pope Francis has died
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He shunned fancy vestments and paid surprise visits to prisons and hospitals: our obituaries editor ...
Gene genies: CRISPR’s critical moment
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It is a Nobel-winning idea with untold promise in health care, agriculture and more. We examine what...
Trump’s fickle, Xi’s pickle: the dynamic driving US-China tensions
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Xi Jinping’s style of negotiating is staid, distanced, a quiet projection of power. Pres...
Cash and checks: Argentina’s next IMF loan
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the 23rd time the International Monetary Fund will cough up, this time to the tune of $20bn. But...
The buck stops here? The threats to dollar primacy
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Falling trust in the greenback is most apparent in bond-market moves. How close is the dollar to los...
Bloody Sunday: Russia’s strikes on Sumy
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump called the weekend strike on Sumy a “mistake”; other leaders called it a ...
The great brawl: China v America
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is now aiming his trade war squarely at China. As the tit-for-tat tariff battle keeps e...
Art of the real: Trump bows to markets
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just 12 hours after Donald Trump launched his searing regime of tariffs, he paused many of them for ...
Pulp friction: the trade war bites Apple
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs take effect, our correspondent explains how one of America’s ...
Economies of sail: migrant-smuggling entrepreneurs
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More than 36,000 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats last year. Our correspondent in...
Doomed traders: Trump’s tariff fallout
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since Donald Trump announced punishing tariffs on “Liberation Day” last week, stock markets have...
Over the Yoon: South Korea ousts president
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
South Korea has been paralysed since its president declared martial law in December. Even after his ...
Import-extort: what to make of Donald Trump’s titanic tariffs
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After months of bluster, he’s finally done it. At a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, Donal...
Wall of duties: Trump’s towering tariffs
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even in the run-up to Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff hikes, few had expected such colo...
Ballot from the blue: will Ukraine hold a poll?
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Months ago, holding an election in wartorn Ukraine seemed impossible. Now plans are being made. Our ...
Right down: Le Pen barred
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marine Le Pen is one of France’s most popular politicians, who has brought the National Rally part...
Shock and war: Myanmar junta exploits quake
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Civil war in Myanmar is hampering relief efforts after the devastating earthquake on Friday, as the ...
Whack of all trades: America’s economy
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No surprises here: The Economist reckons tariffs are a terrible trade tool. But what is most clearly...
You spin me right round: Europe’s populists reckon with Trumpism
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Europe’s hard-right politicians, Donald Trump’s second White House bid looked like validatio...
Canuck of the draw: Canada’s election campaigns
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Conservative Party, led by a Trump-tinged populist, once had the polls locked up. That is changi...
The chat is out of the bag: a stunning leak
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Put aside for the moment the outrageous security breach of a journalist being brought in on classifi...
Bibi driver: battles led by and within Israel
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The ceasefire in Gaza is in tatters; the campaign against Hizbullah is flaring up again. Yet the mos...
Spy-fall: Trump imperils intelligence pact
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
America’s international intelligence-sharing relationships have been decades in the making and rel...
Not so delightful: Erdogan arrests rival
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested just days before he was likely to be elected leader of Turkey’s opposi...
Cold call: Putin thwarts Trump
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump hoped Vladimir Putin would agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Instead he made marginal co...
Peace broken: war returns to Gaza
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After Israel launched dozens of missiles into Gaza overnight, what does this mean for the prospect o...
In sickness and in stealth: threats to America’s CDC
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump’s team has called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “the most incompet...
Wheels of justice: the ICC gets Duterte at last
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The International Criminal Court has arrested Rodrigo Duterte, a former president of the Philippines...
When the levy doesn’t break: a trade-war world adjusts
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration’s dedication to tariffs now seems more fervent than the first time around...
Thirty-day trial? A Ukraine-ceasefire proposal
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The ceasefire proposal hatched by American negotiators and agreed by Ukraine is now a matter for Rus...
Sects and balances: a violent flare-up in Syria
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Horrifying attacks on Alawites, the sect of deposed leader Bashar al-Assad, throw into question the ...