Podcasts
Checks and Balance
How will the fires change Los Angeles?
Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we look at the ways in which LA can prepare better for future wildfires
The Intelligence
After a giant week for private space travel, what comes next?
Also on the daily podcast: will Trump deport millions and remembering neuropsychiatrist Peter Fenwick
Money Talks
How Silicon Valley fell in line with Donald Trump
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, we examine tech’s apparent tilt to the right
The Intelligence
Can Israel and Hamas make a ceasefire work?
Also on the daily podcast: A scoop on Trump’s proposed intelligence chief and the might of matcha
Babbage
Does AI need a reality check? An interview with Gary Marcus
Our podcast on science and technology. Modern AI’s most energetic critic outlines his hopes for the technology in 2025
The Intelligence
After Yoon Suk Yeol is arrested, what next for South Korea?
Also on the daily podcast: plastic-surgery tails and child-rearing in Japan
Editor’s Picks
Why the electricity sector is being turbocharged
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Drum Tower
Why China’s rust belt is producing some of its most popular literature
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, we explore why stories from the industrial north-east have become a literary phenomenon
The Intelligence
Investor fears rock bond markets and raise borrowing costs
Also on the daily podcast: could America buy Greenland and Singapore hawker centres
Editor’s Picks
How to bring prosperity to the world’s poorest continent
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Editor’s Picks
The complicated truth about drinking and wellbeing
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
The Intelligence
LA’s fires expose an insurance mess the world will see more of
Also on the daily podcast: Trump’s defence pick on women in combat and whether children’s literature should be sugar-coated