Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
The Intelligence: eyewitness to slaughter in Sudan
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our correspondent speaks with the Africa head of the Red Cross who has borne witness to the war, fam...
The Intelligence: Land of the rising sums
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Look past short-term stumbles: there are plenty of reasons to think Japan may spin out of its decade...
Money Talks: Play it again, Sam Altman
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In five days OpenAI’s boss was fired by its board; hired by Microsoft, the startup’s biggest inv...
The Intelligence: a far-right victory in the Netherlands
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Geert Wilders campaigned on leaving the European Union, closing the borders, and even suggested bann...
Babbage: Fei-Fei Li on how to really think about the future of AI
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A year ago, the public launch of ChatGPT took the world by storm and it was followed by many more ge...
The Intelligence: Israel and Hamas’s hostage deal
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After weeks of negotiations, Hamas has agreed to release some hostages. In exchange, there will be a...
The Intelligence: Sam Altman and the divide in the AI world
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It is still unclear why the board of OpenAI fired him last week, but hundreds of staff are revolting...
The Intelligence: can Milei cure malaise in Argentina?
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He is a self-proclaimed “anarcho-capitalist” and in a run-off, the people have entrusted this po...
Checks and Balance: Year all about it
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If the election were held tomorrow, Donald Trump would probably be the favourite to win. How s...
The Intelligence: Yes, Trump could win again
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Were America’s presidential election to be held today, Donald Trump would probably win. We examine...
The Intelligence: on the ground in Gaza
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is little left, in terms of people or infrastructure, in the north of the strip. Our correspon...
The Intelligence: antisemitism in France
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the European country with both the largest Jewish and largest Muslim populations, a rise in antis...
The Intelligence: putting a Dave face on it
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former prime minister David Cameron is back from the political wilderness—and his appointment as f...
The Intelligence: Kherson, one year later
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a grinding and lethal eight-month battle, Ukraine’s forces retook the port city a year ago. ...
The Intelligence: how strong is the Chinese military?
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Miscalculating the prowess of the People’s Liberation Army is dangerous. Overestimating it could c...
Money Talks: Touring America’s industrial revival
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act promised $370bn for green infrastructure and industr...
The Intelligence: higher-for-longer interest rates
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Economists have stopped waiting for interest rates to drop because it doesn’t seem to be coming. T...
The Intelligence: Asia’s transnational crime gangs
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A high-profile money-laundering case in Singapore with links to Chinese gamblers has shed light on a...
The Intelligence: Lebanon’s peace plan for Gaza
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One month on from Hamas’ attack on Israel, we meet Najib Mikati. He is hoping to prevent Hizbullah...
The Intelligence: embedded in Gaza
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Israeli troops are gearing up to enter Gaza city, bracing for the next round of urban warfare. Our c...
The Weekend Intelligence: The hope and the heartbreak of IVF
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our second episode of The Weekend Intelligence, The Economist correspondents Catherine Brahic and...
The Intelligence: Sam Bankman-Fried convicted
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From can-do-no-wrong wunderkind to one of the biggest fraudsters in the history of finance: we look ...
The Intelligence: stalemate in Ukraine
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
General Valery Zaluzhny concedes that five months of counter-offensive have not gained much—and ca...
The Intelligence: Gaza sparks a global culture war
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Online and on-screen reactions to the conflict reflect a subtle but important shift in Western attit...
The Intelligence: meeting Senegal’s president
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As country after country in the Sahel has fallen prey to coups, President Macky Sall’s Senegal see...
The Intelligence: Israel’s Gaza offensive
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The long-anticipated invasion is not the expected blitzkrieg; we ask how a longer, more cautious war...
Checks and Balance: Well enough alone?
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On foreign policy, trade and immigration, the Republican Party wants America to push the world away....
The Intelligence: Iran’s dangerous game in Gaza
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
American airstrikes on Syrian bases linked to Iran are a reminder that Iran’s proxies lie behind m...
Money Talks: The future of crypto, part two
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, we spoke to the author Michael Lewis, who was embedded with Sam Bankman-Fried, as FTX, th...
The Intelligence: America gets a House speaker
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the accession of Mike Johnson as the lower chamber’s majority leader, Congress can at last ge...
Introducing The Weekend Intelligence
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Weekend Intelligence is a new podcast from the award-winning team at The Economist. It’s a spa...
Babbage: How to avoid a battery shortage
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the coming decades, electric vehicles will dominate the roads and renewables will provide energy ...
The Intelligence: Israeli hostages’ fortunes
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A network of captives’ families has sprung up to accomplish what Israel’s government has so far ...
Drum Tower: What does it mean to be Taiwanese?
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many have worried: is Taiwan next? China is giving Taiwan a te...
The Intelligence: Navalny’s peril deepens
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
President Vladimir Putin has long had it in for Alexei Navalny, Russia’s principal opposition figu...
Hybrid work: Out of office
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To manage a workforce divided between the home and office, bosses should ask the five basic question...
Leadership: Weed it and reap
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Palmer, The Economist's Bartleby columnist, learns lessons in management on a Norwegian mount...
Poll vault: Argentina’s Peronist surprise
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After dominating the polls for months, Javier Miliei, a right-wing firebrand, was outshone by the ca...
The day Hamas came: a report from an Israeli kibbutz
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
They fled round after round of gunfire, hid for hours and saved hundreds of lives. It is a rare stor...
Genocide returns: slaughter in Sudan
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From a refugee camp in Chad, we speak with those fleeing murder in Darfur. Reporting on the war betw...
Diplomacy up in smoke: Biden visits Israel
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A fatal explosion at a hospital-cum-shelter has led to outrage and the canceling of the very summit ...
Invaluable bonds: rising borrowing costs
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
America may have avoided a government shutdown last month but its fiscal worries are far from over. ...
Pole position: elections in Poland
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After two terms in power, Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s nationalist party looks to have lost its majority. ...
6000 bombs in six days: life in Gaza
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bombs have rained on the strip since Hamas’s attack on Israel last Saturday. With food, water and ...
Mass destruction: Israel prepares for a ground invasion
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Defence Force is preparing to follow up its air strikes on Gaza with troops. An incursion will b...
An interview with a Hamas leader
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does the Palestinian militant group justify the atrocities committed in Israel? Why has it done ...
Shell shocked: Israel fights back
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the retribution continues, the state has now cut off supplies to the Palestinian enclave, and Ame...
Israel reels: a bloody assault
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Almost exactly 50 years on from the moment that launched the deadly Yom Kippur War, Hamas, the milit...
Windows of opportunity: Microsoft’s AI push
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The once-unassailable titan of tech has missed big opportunities in recent years. But it has a reaso...
So the Tory goes: Britain’s Conservatives meet
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Divisions within the ruling party are on full display this week, and the provocative policies Prime ...
Blown speaker: Kevin McCarthy is out
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Another shutdown standoff, funding worries for Ukraine, more leadership chaos: the booting of Americ...
SBF, FTX, WTF? Sam Bankman-Fried goes on trial
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The founder of FTX, a spectacularly failed cryptocurrency exchange, is a curious character. He denie...
Trailer: Boss Class Season 1
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The workplace keeps changing and managers have to keep up. The best bosses create systems for solvin...
They need to talk about Kevin: America’s near-shutdown
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The literal 11th-hour deal to avert a government shutdown is only a stopgap—and the battle may end...
When politics dictates policy: China’s faltering economy
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
During past economic downturns, officials have been both swift and bold. This time not so much...
A better pill to swallow: the bid to end AIDS
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many of the pieces are in place to bring the disease entirely under control—but our correspondent ...
General’s knowledge: a chat with Ukraine’s spy chief
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where the defensive lines really are, the state of Russia’s reserves, battlefield tactics: Kyrylo ...
The French disconnection: a retreat from Niger
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
President Emmanuel Macron’s about-face on maintaining a presence in the coup-stricken country port...
Going bump in the right: Europe’s worrisome politics
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Populist, right-wing parties are already in power in Hungary, Poland and Italy—and getting closer ...
No end in sight: how Ukraine is being shaped by a long war
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Reporting from the ground, our Eastern Europe editor explores how the country is bracing for a new p...
Missing in action: China’s defence minister has disappeared
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It would not be the first time that a member of the government has gone missing, not even the first ...
Are the allegations tru deau? Canada and India’s diplomatic row
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Najjar has deepened a long-running spat between the two ...
Argo the sequel: America and Iran’s hostage deal
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is not the first time the Islamic Republic has taken foreigners hostage. It’s proven an effec...
Radical shift: an interview with Argentina’s presidential frontrunner
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The libertarian right-winger is leading in the polls, a surprise for a country that has typically le...
Support systems: allies debate Ukraine’s tactics
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As progress on the front line slows, Western countries are divided over how the army should proceed....
Refresh your feed: introducing Economist Podcasts+
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For 17 years, The Economist has brought you a host of brilliant shows. Now we are taking that even f...
Chilean effect: the 50th anniversary of the coup
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On September 11th 1973, president Salvador Allende shot himself in the head after being overthrown i...
Midnight train to Moscow: Kim Jong Un cosies up with Russia
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a rare trip outside of the hermit state, it seems the dictator is planning to meet with Vladimir ...
Preparing for the long war: an interview with President Zelensky
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the counter-offensive continues, Ukrainian forces are running out of time to make substantial gai...
Moves over: American house prices
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The highest interest rates in years should lead to a fall in house prices. But peculiarities of Amer...
A messy oil change: Nigeria’s fraught reforms
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Axing generous fuel subsidies was just one necessary reform promised by Bola Tinubu. A hundred days ...
Show and sell: Amazon v Hollywood
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The retail behemoth is splashing tremendous amounts of cash on streaming content; critics are unimpr...
Upping arms: the new three-way nuclear race
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The calculus of the cold war is back, but there are new variables in the equation—namely China’s...
Held fire: America’s murder rate slips
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The absolute numbers remain troubling but a close look at statistics reveals that, across American c...
Paranoia politics: a Tunisian lesson in demagoguery
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The president is using racist hate-mongering as both a rallying tool and a distraction mechanism. It...
Going, going… Gabon: another African coup
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Putsches in Africa are becoming more common and there appears to be a trend. Are there more to come ...
Game of drones: can Ukraine pull ahead?
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Three months into the counteroffensive, the military is reaping the fruits of several months of dron...
Teutonic plague: is Germany the sick man of Europe?
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Owing to a host of deep-rooted economic and political challenges, it could be the only G7 economy to...
Going non-nuclear: East Asia’s changing families
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From Japan to South Korea, from China to Taiwan, family structures are becoming less traditional. Mo...
Fellow-BRICS road: a club expands
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The alliance was always based more on common fortunes than common interests. We ask what to make of ...
Flight of the long knives: Prigozhin’s reported death
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
History would suggest that the crash of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane was an assassination. Our corres...
Vote with no confidence: Zimbabwe goes to the polls
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Arranging friendly media coverage, giving handouts to voters, stifling opposition rallies: once agai...
Home groan: China’s housing-sector crisis
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Once again, fears are ripping through the industry—this time starting from a firm once thought too...
Latin lessons: two contrasting elections
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ecuador and Guatemala faced similar preoccupations with violence and corruption—one of Ecuador’s...
Gun-shy: why Niger’s coup stands, for now
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For weeks, the regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened to undo the putsch by force. But appetite for a m...
Make ore break: Latin America’s commodities
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The region is home to most of the world’s known lithium. Given the mineral’s usefulness in batte...
Through the fire: an update from Hawaii
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the death toll surpasses 100, we report from Maui where fires have ravaged the island in the dead...
“Witch hunt”, Part Four: Trump indicted, again
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The former president has been hit with a new set of charges, under a catch-all racketeering act that...
West-siding story? Turkey’s tactical shift
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite cosying up with Russia and accusing America of trying to topple him, the newly re-elected pr...
In the big leagues now: Saudi Arabia’s push into sport
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman says a presence in top-level global sport is one route to modernisi...
Taken too soon: why so many Americans die young
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An appalling record compared with much of the rich world is not just down to drugs and guns. We ask ...
Trust the processor: America’s CHIPS Act one year on
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Big-money legislation to bring microprocessor manufacturing to the country is off to a reasonable st...
Bloc can tackle? ECOWAS and Niger’s coup
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Economic Community of West African States may yet try to restore President Mohamed Bazoum milita...
Back to front: visiting Ukraine’s firing line
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As diplomatic efforts played out in Saudi Arabia our correspondent recounts travels along the nearly...
Too big tech: is Alphabet approaching a growth ceiling?
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the tech giant approaches its 25-year anniversary, there are questions of just how much more it c...
Industrial waste: the world’s misguided manufacturing policies
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The industrial arms race is on. For many political reasons, countries with the means are throwing bi...
Big-claims court: Donald Trump’s latest indictment
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The former American president is facing a new set of unprecedented legal challenges linked to his cl...
Strong arms: North Korea’s pandemic era weapons program
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The country is not new to seclusion, but under the aegis of the pandemic, Kim Jong Un tightened bord...
Putsched out: Niger’s coup d’état
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Following years of military takeovers in the region, Niger is the West’s last solid ally in the Sa...
Trading criminality for autocracy: El Salvador
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A country that was not long ago gripped by gang violence and crime is slowly emerging from fear, tha...