podcast

The Intelligence from The Economist

by The Economist

Democracy on ICE? The mood turns in America

30.01.2026 • 00:26:43

On the streets of Minneapolis, in polls and in the halls of Congress, disapproval of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is mounting. Democrat...

No middle ground: Iran’s dangerous division

29.01.2026 • 00:22:02

As the smoke of a murderous crackdown clears, Iranians have hardened into two camps. Moderates and reformists are out; a sense of looming civil war is...

We’ll be right over here: Europe’s populists sour on Trump

28.01.2026 • 00:19:15

Many of the continent’s populist-right leaders once saw President Donald Trump as an example-setting fellow traveller. But his actions and policies on...

General ejection: China’s military purge

27.01.2026 • 00:22:37

The two men under investigation are in the army’s highest echelon, and are some of President Xi Jinping’s closest counsel. We examine the probable mot...

Resistance is fatal: another killing in Minneapolis

26.01.2026 • 00:26:02

For the second time this month, federal agents in Minneapolis killed a citizen under disputed circumstances. We take a wider look at the immigration-e...

Trailer: Boss Class Season 3

24.01.2026 • 00:02:18

AI is changing how we work. It's turning us all into managers. Be a good one. The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, takes on the bots...

ISIS control: Syria’s prison camp changes hands

23.01.2026 • 00:27:02

Our Middle East correspondent reports from the largest holding camp for ISIS fighters in northern Syria, which government troops have just retaken fro...

Grave new world: the Greenland row’s lasting damage

22.01.2026 • 00:21:37

After an astonishing week, Donald Trump has said America will not take Greenland by force, nor put tariffs on those who oppose his acquisition plan. O...

House of Kurds: on the ground in northern Syria

21.01.2026 • 00:20:56

In recent days Syrian government troops have tried to retake territory held by the country’s Kurdish minority. Our correspondent reports from the regi...

Power ballot: Japanese PM’s electoral gamble

20.01.2026 • 00:23:37

Japan’s prime minister Takaichi Sanae has called an election three months into her term. Can she capitalise on her popularity, or will her less-popula...