podcast

The Intelligence from The Economist

by The Economist

The regal has landed: can Charles boost US bond?

28.04.2026 • 00:22:17

The “special relationship” between Britain and America is at its weakest since the Suez crisis of 1956. Will a state visit by King Charles III to Amer...

Security banquet: queries over Trump protection

27.04.2026 • 00:24:26

After a gunman stormed Donald Trump’s dinner with the press, questions are being revived about the president’s security. Germany’s top general explain...

An explosion still echoing: Chernobyl at 40

24.04.2026 • 00:31:37

We go deep inside the Chernobyl nuclear-power plant and the surrounding exclusion zone, recounting the history of the accident on April 26 1986, and s...

Bringing the House down: our American midterms model

23.04.2026 • 00:26:03

We examine what our forecast model predicts so far—and consider what might change its confident prediction for one house of Congress and toss-up call ...

White hat, black box: AI’s next chapter

22.04.2026 • 00:22:49

The decision of Anthropic, an AI giant, to keep its Mythos model sequestered surely makes for good press. But there seems to be more to it than that—a...

Mac daddy: Apple’s new boss

21.04.2026 • 00:18:28

Tim Cook is stepping down after overseeing 15 years of spectacular growth. We take a look at his successor. Japan’s rural women are disproportionately...

Now boarding: America seizes an Iranian ship

20.04.2026 • 00:25:58

This week’s peace talks are endangered after American forces fired on and boarded a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. We visit Chernobyl’s ruined re...

Inside Caracas: Venezuela after Maduro

17.04.2026 • 00:25:51

When America seized Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro in January, it left the rest of his regime intact. Three months on, our correspondent finds o...

Talks of life: can Israel and Lebanon find peace?

16.04.2026 • 00:20:21

After six weeks of Israel’s offensive against Hizbullah, Lebanon’s president and Israel’s prime minister are due to talk today. What can they achieve?...

Food awakening: Iran’s ripple effect

15.04.2026 • 00:22:52

The Iran conflict and blockades in the Strait of Hormuz are slowing supply not just of fuel, but food and fertiliser. Geophysics could worsen the appr...