Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Trailer: Boom!
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did two old, unpopular men end up running for the world's most demanding job? The answer lies in...
Degree programme: stopping heat deaths
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As heatwaves become more frequent and intense, they exacerbate existing inequalities. The poor, sick...
Trailer: Boom!
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did two old, unpopular men end up running for the world's most demanding job? It’s the questio...
Rule and divide: Donald Trump is judged immune
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The US Supreme Court has granted the former President immunity from prosecution for official acts co...
Trailer: Boom!
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did two old, unpopular men end up running for the world's most demanding job? It’s the questio...
Bet noir: Macron’s electoral gamble backfires
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marine Le Pen’s far-right party made great gains in the first round of France’s parliamentary el...
The Weekend Intelligence: The state of Britain
29 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On July 4th Britain will have a general election, one in which is widely expected to result in drama...
Debate and switch? Biden’s stumble
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
America’s president had one primary task at last night’s debate: to close down speculation about...
Labour-saving: Britain’s probable next leader
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After 14 years in opposition, Britain’s Labour Party is on track for a comprehensive win in next w...
Pier pressure: a visit to Gaza’s aid platform
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our correspondents were the first media to see the American-built JLOTS pier, intended for aid deliv...
Spring a leaker: Assange goes free
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Julian Assange is released from prison our correspondent reflects on how the work of Wikileaks ch...
Rocketing science: China’s newest superpower
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After decades as a scientific also-ran, China is becoming a superpower particularly in the physical ...
Argentina turning? Milei’s surprising political success
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since his election last year, President Javier Milei has enjoyed some economic and political wins in...
Empire of the sun: a solar power revolution
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No energy source has ever increased as fast as solar photovoltaics. The technology will transform hu...
French fried: will the election lead to chaos?
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Both the left and right are likely to do well in France’s upcoming parliamentary poll, with Presid...
Heir tight: why boomers are so stingy
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The post-war generation reaped the benefits of peace and prosperity. Yet rather than spend that boun...
Sudan impact: the war the world forgot
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Much of Sudan has already collapsed into chaos. Now a crucial city may fall, the United Nations is b...
Fight for his party to the right: Nigel Farage
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Britain’s pint-sipping rabble-rouser of the right has joined the campaigning ahead of a general el...
A real work of peace? An Israel-Hamas deal
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
America’s upbeat assessment of a ceasefire deal masks deep divides that may not, in fact, be bridg...
America's next top-job model: our election forecast
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have dusted off and tuned up our forecast model for America’s presidential race. So far it give...
Doing their not-own thing: “generation rent”
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Across the rich world millions spend more than a third of their disposable income on rent. We ask wh...
French anti-foreign legion: an EU-election shock
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hard-right parties did well in Europe's parliamentary elections—so well in France that President E...
The Modi Raj 1: The chaiwallah's son
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Narendra Modi has been chosen to lead India for the third time in a row. But after 10 years in power...
One dam thing after another? Ukraine and reconstruction
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Russia attacked the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine a year ago, lives were lost, families stranded and ...
Labour's pains: Britain’s growth problem
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Britain’s general-election campaign heats up, party leaders are vague on their economic plans. ...
Modi’s mess: a shock election result spells uncertainty for India
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Narendra Modi, the strongman of India, will have to compromise now his party has lost its majority. ...
Trailer: The Modi Raj
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Narendra Modi is one of the most popular politicians on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyei...
The big gag: Hong Kong’s crackdown on freedom
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There has been a slow strangling of freedom in the territory where pro-democracy activists have been...
I, Claudia: Mexico’s new leader
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected Mexico’s first female president. Now the real fight begins: cri...
Trailer: The Modi Raj
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Narendra Modi is one of the most popular politicians on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyei...
Choose this podcast: abortion and the election
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2022 the Supreme Court gave control of abortion back to “the people and their elected represent...
Out on a ledger: Trump convicted
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The former president was found guilty on all 34 charges of falsifying business records. But his conv...
Trailer: The Modi Raj
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Narendra Modi is one of the most popular politicians on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyei...
The Intelligence: Rishi Sunak’s report card
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of a general election in July, we reflect on 14 years of Conservative rule. It’s not a great...
Trailer: The Modi Raj
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Narendra Modi is one of the most popular politicians on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyei...
The Intelligence: Strikes on Rafah
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Horrific images of charred bodies being pulled from the rubble in Gaza drew outcry, and more countri...
The Intelligence: An interview with the director of the IAEA
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The IAEA is charged with promoting the peaceful use of atomic energy. But with uncertainty in Iran a...
Stores of value: regulators lean on app vendors
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Apple and Alphabet operate what is in effect a smartphone-app duopoly. Governments want to curb thei...
The Weekend Intelligence: Georgia... the day after tomorrow
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The introduction laws cracking down on supposed foreign agents has become a common tactic for autocr...
Trailer: The Modi Raj
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Narendra Modi is one of the most popular politicians on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyei...
Bibi blues: Israel’s fraying consensus
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our editor-in-chief and Jerusalem correspondent pay a visit to Israel’s halls of power, finding th...
Chip shots: breaking Nvidia’s AI grip
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to the chips used in artificial intelligence, one firm has the market locked up. We lo...
AI and health part one: DrGPT will see you now
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence is already making its mark in health care—but new, bigger, models promise ...
See how the Lai lands: Taiwan’s new president
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Domestic divisions are already complicating the daunting task William Lai Ching-te has set himself: ...
Crimes seen: The ICC chases Israel and Hamas
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has caused outrage by requesting arrest wa...
Succession unplanned: Iran’s president killed
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The death of Ebrahim Raisi will spark succession battles both for the presidency and for supreme lea...
The Weekend Intelligence: Bombay, open city?
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mumbai is famously an open city, known for welcoming all comers, regardless of colour, caste, or cre...
Swat off the press: Meta v Canada’s news ploy
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A bid to squeeze money from social-media platforms that link to news content has backfired: what was...
Boiling over: an attempt on the Slovakian PM’s life
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An attempt on Robert Fico’s life comes at a time of deep-running polarisation in his country—muc...
Expenses claims: Trump’s hush-money trial
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Cohen has been testifying in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. Did the former president’s...
Run part one: Why are Chinese people running to Japan?
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the height of China’s zero-covid restrictions, a Chinese character that sounds like the English...
The morale of the story: Ukraine’s front lines
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At a hidden command centre our correspondent finds deflated but defiant soldiers. Fight against Russ...
Fear on draft: Ukraine’s fraught mobilisation
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A chat with the deputy boss of Ukraine’s military intelligence reveals concerns about a dearth of ...
The Weekend Intelligence: Baseball at the border
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Birke and Aryn Braun report frequently on tensions at the border between America and Mexico—...
The Intelligence: The next stage of the tech wars
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The battles for supremacy in chipmaking and green technology industries are raging on. Re-electing D...
The Intelligence: Singapore’s “4G” era
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence Wong will only be the city-state’s fourth leader since its independence. Our foreign edit...
The Intelligence: Supercharging India’s economy
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Narendra Modi’s reputation for prosperity is likely to propel him to a third term. But for India’...
The Intelligence: Truce talk
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The ceasefire deal, which Hamas has agreed to, prompted celebrations in Gaza. But Binyamin Netanyahu...
The Intelligence: Mandela’s vision, tested
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thirty years of democracy have not led to uniform prosperity, and nearly everyone disagrees about th...
The Intelligence: Our meeting with Macron
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
France’s president is known for pronouncements of grand scope with one eye toward history. But whe...
The Intelligence: The kids are alright, turns out
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you look around the world, and at a wider set of measures, Generation Z are far better off than...
Babbage: Teens and their screens
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since there have been smartphones and social media, there have been concerns about how they mig...
The Intelligence: Going back to raid school
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A dramatic overnight raid in New York City was just one sign that protests at American universities ...
The Intelligence: Dengue’s grip on Latin America
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The dengue-fever case counts now break regional records every year—and the structural reasons behi...
The Intelligence: A civil society in waiting
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The ruling military junta that seized power in a coup in 2021 is losing ground, slowly—and the reb...
Checks and Balance: Aid, and a bet
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For months, a big foreign-aid deal looked like it was going nowhere in the House of Representatives....
The Intelligence: Britain’s latest bad idea
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Parliament has now agreed to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, many members of the ruling Conservati...
The Intelligence: The world’s biggest humanitarian crisis
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ravaged by a civil war, Sudan could see a nationwide famine by August. With humanitarian aid being b...
The Intelligence: America’s college crackdowns
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Police clashes with protesters at Columbia University have spilled over into other institutions, rai...
The Intelligence: AI rest my case
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The companies behind this wonder of tech are facing allegations of using copyrighted material to bui...
The Intelligence: Ready, Aid, Fire
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At a time when Russia has been making significant gains, an allocated $61bn of aid for Ukraine will ...
The Intelligence: Iran and Israel’s new era?
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A missile has reportedly struck a site in the Islamic Republic. If this is retaliation for Iran’s ...
Money Talks: Why weight-loss drugs will reshape the world
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
More than 1bn people around the world are obese. That means there should be extraordinary demand for...
The Intelligence: Your country needs you!
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Governments particularly in the rich world are struggling to get young people in uniform. Will some ...
The Intelligence: He said, she fled
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All over the world, young men are identifying more with the political right, even as women drift mor...
The Intelligence: The most personal choice
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The case for assisted dying is essentially one of individual freedom—and plenty of Britons support...
The Intelligence: A region holds its breath
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time Iran launched a huge attack on Israel from its own territory, though the effort l...
The Intelligence: America’s deeply divided electorate
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have combined polling data to make a detailed portrait of the American electorate. Have a tinker ...
The Intelligence: The race to save Kharkiv
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since the invasion began, Ukraine's second city has suffered a third of all aerial attacks. The late...
The Intelligence: Can Japan and America Trump-proof their alliance?
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The leaders of both countries will meet for dinner at the White House tonight. In light of Asia’s ...
Drum Tower: Xi’s doomed economic plan
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes was recently in Beijing for the China Develop...
The Intelligence: Bear up
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Russia inflation is under control, wages are on the up and supposedly tough sanctions have been s...
The Intelligence: Rwanda’s genocide 30 years on
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 1994 slaughter of hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsis completely reshaped the country. It a...
The Weekend Intelligence: The man who would lead Palestine
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty-two years ago, Palestinian politician-turned-revolutionary Marwan Barghouti was convicted of ...
Checks and Balance: Capitol gains
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While America’s focus has been on the presidential election, the race for Congress is even more vo...
The Intelligence: Argentina turner?
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After more than 100 days in office, President Javier Milei has managed some much-needed economic ref...
The Intelligence: Bombs squad
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The game theory was simpler during a cold war between two states armed to the teeth; the nuclear wor...
The Intelligence: Naan inflationary growth
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
India is not the first country to leapfrog from poverty-induced undernourishment to also having an o...
The Intelligence: Bibi bumps
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As yet more aid workers die in Gaza and an airstrike levels an Iranian consulate, pressure on Israel...
The Intelligence: Surveilling China’s diaspora
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are fears about TikTok, but it’s not the only social media platform that the Chinese state m...
The Intelligence: Life inside a Russian prison
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alexei Navalny was sent to one to die and American journalist Evan Gershkovich is being held in anot...
The Intelligence: The fallen crypto king learns his fate
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It has been called one of the biggest financial frauds in American history. After the collapse of cr...
The Intelligence: An aid drop over Gaza
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is becoming harder to get supplies into the enclave, which is facing a growing risk of famine. As...
Drum Tower: Tick tock for TikTok
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On March 13th America’s House of Representatives passed a bill that could ban TikTok nationwide un...
The Intelligence: when Sall tempted Faye
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bassirou Diomaye Faye was little-known before this election. Despite the incumbent president’s att...
The Intelligence: Moscow massacre
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Warnings from the Americans went unheeded, police took too long to respond, and now the Kremlin has ...
The Weekend Intelligence: Should I own a gun?
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By the end of this podcast Economist correspondent Tamara Gilkes Borr might own a gun. Recently, Tam...
The Intelligence: Bad Apple?
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The case against the tech giant has been brewing since 2019 and while the smartphone maker is usuall...
Money Talks: Why Amazon should be afraid of Temu
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon started with a plan to disrupt bookselling. It sold cheap books online, delivering them strai...
The Intelligence: Fed reckoning
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
America’s central bank left rates untouched, to widespread market delight. Why is this economic cy...