Economist Podcasts

The world’s richest person does not say much nice about philanthropy, and his foundation does not say much about itself. Our correspondent digs deeper. The next stop for our midterm-elections series is Kansas, where a Republican-seeming Democrat has an unlikely shot at the Senate. And an examination of the received wisdom about how many steps to walk in a day.
Guests and host:
Avantika Chilkoti, global business writer
Daniel Knowles, Midwest correspondent
Sam Wikeley, science correspondent
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Elon Musk, Musk Foundation, philanthropy
America’s midterm elections, Kansas
wellness, walking, received wisdom
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Binyamin Netanyahu has underperformed but so has his main opponent, Gadi Eisenkot. Who will form a government? We decipher what the messy results mean for Israel. Our American-midterms series heads south to Georgia. And how film critics and audiences have agreed to disagree.

Guests and host:
Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent
Rebecca Jackson, Southern correspondent
Doug Dowson, data journalist
Ọrẹ Ogunbiyi, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot
America’s midterm elections, Georgia, Jon Ossoff
Film critics, cinema, the box office
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It would be the first public listing from a frontier-AI firm—and perhaps the largest IPO of all time. We comb through the filing to understand how the company is thinking about itself and its industry. Our American-midterms series continues in the battleground state of Alaska. And scientists consider how to redefine the second.
Guests and host:
Miles Kruppa, technology correspondent
Aryn Braun, West Coast correspondent
David Adam, science writer
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Anthropic IPO, AI
America’s midterm elections, Alaska
the second, metrology, atomic clocks
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Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, staged a historic comeback to win a fourth term. We ask how he did it, and what he must do next. Each day this week our correspondents in America are focusing on crucial midterm-election races; today we start in Texas. And tote-bag economics: why so many businesses are getting in on selling merchandise.
Guests and host:
Ana Lankes, Brazil bureau chief
Rebecca Jackson, southern correspondent
Lizzy Peet, researcher
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Brazil election, Lula, Flávio Bolsonaro
America’s midterm elections, Texas, Ken Paxton, James Talarico
economics of “merch”
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Nigeria is suffering a worsening security crisis, compounded by a lean harvest, global aid cuts and rising energy prices. So why is President Bola Tinubu likely to win January’s election? Europe is struggling to develop a rival to Starlink and reduce reliance on American satellites. And our obituaries editor recalls the improbable career of author and conman Jeffrey Archer.
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Guests and host:
Ore Ogunbiyi, Africa correspondent
Jonathan Rosenthal, international correspondent
Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Nigeria, Bola Tinubu
Starlink, Ukraine, Musk, OneWeb, Eutelsat
Jeffrey Archer, Kane and Abel, perjury
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