Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
No question, Mark: Canada’s new PM
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The governing Liberal party is enjoying a stunning turnaround in the polls, and now it has a new lea...
One week in the life of Volodymyr Zelensky
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a turbulent seven days, how will President Volodymyr Zelensky tackle the domestic and internat...
Kurds in the right place: a truce nears
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The leader of Turkey’s Kurdish rebels has called on the group to disband. That could end one of th...
Pompcast: Trump rallies Congress
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
American presidents often use their first meeting with Congress as a chance to lay out their agenda ...
Buck off: US pauses Ukraine aid
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an effort to bring Ukraine to the negotiating table, America has paused military help to the war-...
Conversation peace: can Europe bargain with Russia?
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
European leaders met in London this weekend after Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky’s public row...
Ode to dread: Europe after Trump
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week European leaders have lined up to charm Donald Trump. But the broad smiles belie a bigger ...
Heir-raising: the boom in inheritance
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the baby-boom generation starts to die and economic growth slows many more people are getting ric...
Phase transition? Gaza’s shaky peace
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The first phase of Gaza’s ceasefire is near its end, but planning for the even more fraught second...
Emmanuel dexterity: Trump and Macron chat
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The meeting between France’s and America’s presidents had a familiarly chummy feel. We ask wheth...
Left, right and centre: Germany’s election
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Instead of needing three parties to cobble together a majority, the country’s two traditional main...
Friends (the one with estrangement): Europe without the US
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Europe must move boldly as the American-led world order shatters beneath it; we explain how. Many pe...
Young, gifted and black: Africa’s next generation
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Africa’s young are educated, ambitious side-hustlers. But they are hampered by their economies and...
Colour visions: a German-election lookahead
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The possibilities for an inevitable coalition government are a head-spinning colour wheel of party l...
Get your Strait facts: China’s quiet Taiwan push
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We investigate China’s under-the-radar push to get other countries to change their official langua...
Munich insecurity conference: a re-ordering begins
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Backing away from European security guarantees and seeking mineral rights in Ukraine as recompense f...
Love match: Modi-Trump’s tariffs tussle
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The American president and Indian prime minister have long been friends. But when the two met at the...
With this ring: Trump and Putin omit Ukraine
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During a 90-minute telephone conversation, the American and Russian presidents started negotiating a...
War hoarse: is Zelensky being heard?
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an interview with The Economist ahead of the Munich Security Conference, Ukraine’s president is...
Eye to the chancellor: interviewing Friedrich Merz
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The winner of Germany’s upcoming election will also play a crucial role in Europe. The Economist’...
I’ll be jammed: electronic warfare in Ukraine
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the most frenetic innovation of Ukraine’s war happens in the electromagnetic spectrum: det...
Scam Inc 3: The bottom line
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you run a scam operation? Perks, recruitment, outsourcing and a monthly landscaping budg...
Scam Inc 2: Opportunity of a lifetime
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who are the scammers? They aren't who you think. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economis...
Scam Inc 1: Pigs in a barrel
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You wouldn’t fall for a scam—would you? A small town in Kansas is left reeling after one of its ...
It could happen to you: introducing “Scam Inc”
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our new podcast series is a shocking look at transnational organised crime: nearly as big as the ill...
Leeward: we meet South Korea’s probable president
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We meet the opposition leader who is likely to be the next president. Cleaning up the domestic mess ...
Trailer: Scam Inc
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already r...
As a next resort: Trump’s vision for Gaza
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The details President Donald Trump laid out for American ownership and redevelopment of the Gaza Str...
Rebel with a new cause: meeting Syria’s president
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From media-studies dropout to international jihadist to Syria’s ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa has an unli...
Trailer: Scam Inc
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already r...
Thy neighbours, beggared: Trump’s opening tariffs
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump followed through on his tariff threats, starting with Canada, Mexico and Chin...
Below Delhi, the search for India's mythical past
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Mahabharata is one of India’s two great Hindu epics. It is thousands of years old and thousand...
Turkish delight: influencing the new Syria
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria will reshape the wider region. Our correspondent says few count...
Trailer: Scam Inc
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already r...
Putty people: can Trump get his picks?
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As some of Donald Trump’s most controversial choices for top jobs are questioned this week, our co...
Remote control: Rwandan proxies occupy Congo
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rebels linked to Rwanda have occupied the city of Goma in eastern Congo. Our correspondent reports o...
Trailer: Scam Inc
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already r...
Bot against America: a Chinese AI jolts markets
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Silicon Valley firms have poured billions of dollars into artificial intelligence. But a new cheap A...
Trailer: Scam Inc
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already r...
Gaza, stripped: Palestinians return to ruins
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Though thousands of Palestinians are going back to northern Gaza, rebuilding their lives and homes w...
Trailer: Scam Inc
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already r...
In with a chancellor: dissecting Britain’s growth plan
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Reeves has had a rocky start as chancellor of the exchequer. Our editor-in-chief meets her at...
Right turn at a broken traffic light: Germany’s AfD
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After the collapse of the governing “traffic light” coalition in December, the hard-right AfD ha...
A tax or attacks: how the Houthis fund themselves
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The procedure is simple—genial, even. Contact Houthi rebels in Yemen and pay up, and your freight ...
Executive orders of magnitude: Trump’s day one
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is back in office, this time with less pearl-clutching in Washington. We examine his in...
Reunions and rubble: Gaza’s first moments of peace
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Quiet skies, returned Israeli hostages, Gazans going back home: there is much to celebrate, for the ...
Billionaires boldly go: private space-treks
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s space-exploration company, successfully launched a rocket into...
Peace by piece: a ceasefire in Gaza is close
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After 15 months of fighting, a ceasefire in Gaza may soon be agreed. What does the deal entail –&n...
Arrest development: South Korea’s Yoon held
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After dramatic scenes in South Korea, President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained on insurrection char...
View to a killing: bond yields rise and rise
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Though central banks have cut interest rates, uncertainty about the future has sent yields sky-high....
A run for cover: LA’s fires and insurance
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Among the lessons emerging from California’s devastating fires is the idea that insurers cannot pr...
Moving the post goals: Musk’s British-politics meddling
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk has taken an abiding interest in Britain, and a hard line against its prime minister. It r...
Adaptitude: India and climate change
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world’s most populous country is at the front line of climate change. Our deputy editor explor...
Towards Russia with love: Austria’s political tilt
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A once-fringe far-right party looks close to power—and serves as another sign of a broad and worry...
It’s no longer Trudeau: Canada’s PM resigns
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the end Justin Trudeau could not resist the internal pressure. We ask why the liberal standard-be...
Against the clock: Gaza peace talks
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Israel continued to pound Gaza, even as ceasefire negotiations began in Qatar. The familiar dynamic ...
All the president’s money men: the Trumponomics team
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are three types of economics-minded people in Donald Trump’s incoming administration. We ask...
Three presidents and counting: South Korea
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The country is on its third president in as many weeks—a deep political crisis only made worse by ...
Don’t mention the war: Russia’s internal tensions
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There is no simplistic split of sentiment about Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. But what most Rus...
Billions of voices heard: a year of elections
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In some places, votes resulted in political chaos; in others they showed a promising shift away from...
Of peanuts and principles: Jimmy Carter dies
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a single term and a landslide loss to Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter’s presidency was judged un...
Passing mentions: the notable lives lost in 2024
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From a legendary baseball slugger to a beloved comic actor, from Scottish politicians to America’s...
Tomes will tell: books that predict the future
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Some people read books to escape. Others turn to them for instruction. As the new year looms, our co...
Good moos: cows could help the climate
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cows produce far more milk in rich countries than in poor ones. Our correspondent explains how beefi...
The club rules? India’s RSS
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is it a community-minded boys’ club, like the Scouts? A breeding ground for seething Hindu nationa...
Country of the year: The Economist picks
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the past 12 months, there has been no lack of news. Editors at The Economist have picked their wa...
Between Estonia and a hard place: NATO meets
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the icy border between Russia and Estonia, the anxieties of NATO member states are clear, our cor...
Mass graves: revealing Syria’s horror
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ten days after the fall of Syria’s dictator Bashar al-Assad, the full brutality of his rule is bei...
Scholz fired: Germany calls snap election
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, lost a confidence vote in parliament yesterday, Germany i...
Off-side: Georgians reject new president
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend, the ruling Georgian Dream party elected a new president – but only one name was on t...
Minds blown: are we getting dumber?
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many adults perform worse in tests of literacy and numeracy than the average ten year old. And resul...
Intel in slide: a chipmaker on the ropes
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Layoffs, suspended dividends, a share price in free fall, a chief executive hustled out the door: In...
Bye, cell: inside a notorious Syrian prison
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Syrians awoke to a new era, thousands rushed to fling open the dark, filthy prisons where Bashar ...
Bringing up Bibi: Netanyahu testifies
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For five years the prospect of a criminal prosecution has loomed over Binyamin Netanyahu. Today he b...
Peace from pieces: Syria after Assad
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Bashar al-Assad has been run out, his regime in tatters. As Syrians awaken to a new era, h...
Ashes to Masses: Notre Dame’s stunning return
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many thought a five-year timeline was too ambitious. But even as France’s politics falls apart, it...
Michel shock: France’s government falls
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An alliance of the far right and the left has sacked Prime Minister Michel Barnier; out goes his bud...
Dark side of the Yoon: South Korea’s chaos
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The country’s increasingly unpopular president, Yoon Suk Yeol, backed down six hours after his sho...
Talk to EU later: Georgia’s fiery protests
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The country has been turning increasingly away from Europe and towards Russia—but a halt to EU-acc...
Shock and thaw: Syria’s frozen war resumes
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The country’s civil war never ended—it became a fragile stalemate that fell out of the news. A s...
Milei’s way: Argentina’s president, a year on
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In an interview with Javier Milei, our correspondent probes how far the “anarcho-capitalist” pre...
A losing battle: Sudan’s elusive peace deal
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As civil war rages in the country, millions of people have been displaced and famine is widespread. ...
Moment of truce: a ceasefire in the Middle East
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This morning, a deal halting fighting between Israel and Lebanon for 60 days came into effect. Our c...
Legally bombed: Trump cases dropped
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump had been facing a swathe of lawsuits this year. Now he has won a second term in office,...
Scandal in the wind: Adani’s indictment could hurt Modi
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gautam Adani is one of India’s richest men, whose fortunes are closely aligned to those of Prime M...
Assisted dying: why Britain should back a change
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Should people have the right to choose how they die? Though many Britons support the principle, a vo...
All for one: Donald Trump and his key Musketeer
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What will the world’s richest man do in the White House? Our correspondent analyses the political ...
Up and atom: can Trump stop Iranian nukes?
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump tore up America’s nuclear deal with Iran in his first term. What will he do when he b...
Rio brand: why Brazil is courting China
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trade ties between the two countries have been increasing for over a decade. The election of Donald ...
The long game: how will US missiles help Ukraine?
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
America feared that letting Ukraine use US weapons to attack far-off targets in Russia would escalat...
Kyiv calm and carry on: Trump’s win may benefit Ukraine
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump admires Vladimir Putin’s strongman style and has failed to condemn his invasion of Uk...
The Peking order: Can China’s army surpass the US?
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
China is enacting a rapid project of military modernisation. Though in some areas its forces are alr...
Needs Musk: Donald Trump’s new appointments
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A week after Donald Trump won a decisive victory in the presidential election, he is making appointm...
Parting Scholz: what next for Germany?
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At a time when Russia is making gains in Ukraine and Donald Trump has been re-elected as president, ...
Some like it hot: could Trump derail climate talks?
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time Donald Trump was president he pulled America out of the Paris climate agreement. What is o...
Look at who’s talking: divining Trump’s Middle East plans
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump will inherit a tangle of conflicts in the Middle East; will he deliver on his promise t...
Do the after math: how Trump won
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The American presidential election delivered a mercifully quick and decisive outcome. Our data edito...
Don of a new age: Trump’s decisive win
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the end America got a swift and decisive call as to the next president: Donald Trump. We invite t...
Election results: a brief message from John Prideaux
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Prideaux, Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon are on today's edition of The Intelligence with t...
Vote! Our election-day special
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
America and the world hold their proverbial breath for what has become a dead heat. Our special epis...