Economist Podcasts
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Land of the rising shun? Immigration and Japan’s politics
22 mins; July 21, 2025
The ships are down: Houthis resume strikes
26 mins; July 18, 2025
Gown and out: are British universities broke?
20 mins; July 17, 2025
The bomb (part 1): were nuclear weapons inevitable?
44 mins; July 16, 2025
Internet dating: will AI kill the web?
22 mins; July 16, 2025
Kyiv reprieve: Trump loses patience with Putin
23 mins; July 15, 2025
Old-school Thai: is another coup coming?
21 mins; July 14, 2025
The Weekend Intelligence: The hunt for Austin Tice
38 mins; July 12, 2025
At your services: Britain’s economic bright spot
23 mins; July 11, 2025
Migration roots: the broken asylum system
21 mins; July 10, 2025
Sprawl of duty: Trump’s tariff drama
21 mins; July 09, 2025
The French reconnection: Macron in Britain
21 mins; July 08, 2025
Trump card: can he broker a Gaza deal?
21 mins; July 07, 2025
Oh Keir! Labour’s torrid first year
28 mins; July 04, 2025
Hard-core business: valuing OnlyFans
23 mins; July 03, 2025
Bill baby bill: Trump’s landmark legislation
23 mins; July 02, 2025
Hard cell: Aung San Suu Kyi at 80
21 mins; July 01, 2025
Truce believers: Rwanda and Congo’s fragile deal
25 mins; June 30, 2025
Going gang-buster: we meet Ecuador’s president
25 mins; June 27, 2025
Not-deciding factor: Iran’s supreme leader
23 mins; June 26, 2025
Stayed in China: a domestic-brand boom
22 mins; June 25, 2025
Truce and consequences: a fragile ceasefire in Iran
24 mins; June 24, 2025
Company profile: Corning
34 mins; June 23, 2025
No good options: how Iran will respond
22 mins; June 23, 2025
Hurry up and wait: Trump’s choice on Iran
24 mins; June 20, 2025
I’d like not to thank the academy: graduates’ fortunes slip
23 mins; June 19, 2025
A house divided against itself: America simmers
24 mins; June 18, 2025
Confused unity: the mood in Iran
23 mins; June 17, 2025
Bunkers unbusted: Israel and Iran
22 mins; June 16, 2025
Lone raider: Israel bombs Iran
24 mins; June 13, 2025
Same news story: why Murdoch endures
18 mins; June 12, 2025
Golden girls: do parents prefer them?
23 mins; June 11, 2025
Core blimey: what’s up at Apple?
23 mins; June 10, 2025
California screaming: National Guard in LA
20 mins; June 09, 2025
Billion dollar babies: Trump-Musk spat
27 mins; June 06, 2025
Count their losses: Russia casualties hit 1m
19 mins; June 05, 2025
He’s got Seoul: South Korea’s new leader
24 mins; June 04, 2025
Apocalypse soon? Britain ups its defence
22 mins; June 03, 2025
Poles apart: hard right wins by a sliver
19 mins; June 02, 2025
No major food groups: aid chaos in Gaza
24 mins; May 30, 2025
Duties bound: a Trump-tariff smackdown
23 mins; May 29, 2025
Ivy beleaguer: Harvard hung out to dry
25 mins; May 28, 2025
Soldiers’ fortune: Ukraine’s prisoner swap
25 mins; May 27, 2025
Perverting the course of justices: Mexico’s judiciary
19 mins; May 26, 2025
Get rich, quick: Vietnam’s next revolution
24 mins; May 23, 2025
Suspicious mines: Putin-proofing the Baltics
23 mins; May 22, 2025
Worse even than it seems: Gaza’s death toll
25 mins; May 21, 2025
Islands in the scheme: a Britain-EU deal
21 mins; May 20, 2025
May-poll dance: Poland’s presidential race
22 mins; May 19, 2025
Boss Class: Innovation: Coming up with new ideas
37 mins; May 17, 2025
Bucharest pressed: Ukraine’s election effect
24 mins; May 16, 2025
Drug war: Trump takes on big pharma
25 mins; May 15, 2025
All talk, no sanctions: Trump lifts Syria embargo
24 mins; May 14, 2025
Hunger strikes: Agony in Gaza as Israel blocks aid
24 mins; May 13, 2025
Meet the boss: Liz Reid of Google
36 mins; May 12, 2025
Innovation: Coming up with new ideas
35 mins; May 12, 2025
Duty falls: US and China reach a deal
21 mins; May 12, 2025
Holy smoke! An American pope
27 mins; May 09, 2025
Identity parades: our VE-Day special
25 mins; May 08, 2025
Neighbour-rattling: India strikes Pakistan
24 mins; May 07, 2025
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
2 mins; May 06, 2025
First not past the post: Germany’s chancellor shocker
22 mins; May 06, 2025
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
2 mins; May 05, 2025
People vilify plastic. they should use it better instead
22 mins; May 05, 2025
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
2 mins; May 02, 2025
Aussie rules: give Trumpism the boot
24 mins; May 02, 2025
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
2 mins; May 01, 2025
Mine craft: US-Ukraine resource deal
23 mins; May 01, 2025
Herman Pontzer: what people get wrong about metabolism
35 mins; April 30, 2025
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
2 mins; April 30, 2025
Executive disorder: Trump’s first 100 days
25 mins; April 30, 2025
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
2 mins; April 29, 2025
The Carney army: Canada unites against Trump
21 mins; April 29, 2025
Boss Class: Tracey Franklin interview
31 mins; April 28, 2025
Boss Class: Daniel Kahneman interview
38 mins; April 28, 2025
Boss Class: Claire Hughes Johnson interview
41 mins; April 28, 2025
Boss Class: Emma Walmsley interview
32 mins; April 28, 2025
Boss Class: Reid Hoffman interview
35 mins; April 28, 2025
Boss Class 7 - Managing yourself: Human factors
36 mins; April 28, 2025
Boss Class 6 - Incentivising: Into the upside down
29 mins; April 28, 2025
Boss Class 5 - Meetings: The clown car
29 mins; April 28, 2025
Boss Class 4 - Teamwork: Inside the yellow line
30 mins; April 28, 2025
Boss Class 3 - Recruitment: Testing, testing
30 mins; April 28, 2025
Boss Class 2 - Hybrid work: Out of office
33 mins; April 28, 2025
Boss Class 1 - Leadership: Weed it and reap
31 mins; April 28, 2025
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
2 mins; April 28, 2025
Modi behaviour: will India retaliate against Pakistan?
20 mins; April 28, 2025
Carney score: last days of Canada’s campaign
26 mins; April 25, 2025
Fed man walking? Trump v Powell
23 mins; April 24, 2025
Division multiplication: the UAE’s foreign meddling
22 mins; April 23, 2025
Cardinals in: choosing the next pope
20 mins; April 22, 2025
A man of the people: Pope Francis has died
20 mins; April 21, 2025
Gene genies: CRISPR’s critical moment
24 mins; April 18, 2025
Trump’s fickle, Xi’s pickle: the dynamic driving US-China tensions
24 mins; April 17, 2025
Cash and checks: Argentina’s next IMF loan
21 mins; April 16, 2025
The buck stops here? The threats to dollar primacy
23 mins; April 15, 2025
Bloody Sunday: Russia’s strikes on Sumy
22 mins; April 14, 2025
The great brawl: China v America
26 mins; April 11, 2025
Art of the real: Trump bows to markets
21 mins; April 10, 2025
Pulp friction: the trade war bites Apple
23 mins; April 09, 2025