Economist Podcasts

What started as a small protest about conditions of a school and of schooling has mushroomed, and tapped into national anxieties that may prove hard to tame. In the context of the “Cornell 7” case we examine Title IX, the statute that should protect students—but that is failing. And how peddling superstitions to financiers is big business in India.
Guests and host:
Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief
Stevie Hertz, US policy correspondent
Abhishek Kumar, India writer
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
France protests, French politics
Cornell 7, Title IX, sexual assault
India, finance, astrology, superstition
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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is gambling that anger about housing might solidify his mandate in a snap poll. Most probably it will instead add to the rightward shift in European politics. America’s beef prices have never been higher, so why is it that the meatpackers have it so tough? And the battery technology to improve medical diagnostics you can swallow.
Listen to our episode of “Babbage” on edible electronics here.
Guests and host:
Michael Reid, Spain correspondent and writer at large
Bella King, news editor
David Adam, science writer
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Spanish politics, housing crisis, Pedro Sánchez
America’s meat industry, meatpackers
medical diagnostics, edible electronics, battery technology
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Flávio Bolsonaro, populist-right son of the imprisoned coup architect Jair, received the most votes in the presidential first round. We ask why Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the incumbent, fell behind—and what is at stake when they go head-to-head. We examine Americans’ growing anger at automatic number-plate-reading cameras. And the demanding but lucrative business of nannying the children of the super-rich.
Guests and host:
Ana Lankes, Brazil bureau chief
Hollie Berman, news editor
Alice Fulwood, US business editor
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
Brazilian election, Lula, Bolsonaro, populist-right politics
Flock cameras, American law enforcement, privacy, surveillance
childcare, plutocrats
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If Artificial Intelligence results in job losses or lower salaries, government revenues will fall. Our correspondent explains how best to tax the windfalls from AI. Paint is a surprisingly cheap way to cool buildings. And remembering the life of Stanislas Hutin, who revealed France’s barbarity in Algeria.
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Guests and host:
Callum Williams, senior economics writer
Nikita Ostrovsky, science writer
Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
AI, tax, wealth tax, consumption tax
Climate change, paint, adaptation
Stanislas Hutin, Algeria, France, war crimes
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Russia has embarked on a new campaign to quell Ukraine, focused on supermarkets, playgrounds and other civilian targets. Our correspondent reports on the toll on daily life in Kyiv. Despite the backlash against “pervert glasses”, companies continue to develop AI-enabled smart specs. And how the pen changed history.

Guests and host:
Oliver Carroll, Ukraine correspondent
Henry Tricks, US technology editor
Catherine Nixey, Britain correspondent
Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:
Ukraine, Kyiv, civilian targets
Smart glasses, Meta, pervert glasses
Fountain pen, Simon Garfield

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