Economist Podcasts
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Doomed traders: Trump’s tariff fallout
21 mins; April 07, 2025
Over the Yoon: South Korea ousts president
21 mins; April 04, 2025
Import-extort: what to make of Donald Trump’s titanic tariffs
46 mins; April 03, 2025
Wall of duties: Trump’s towering tariffs
24 mins; April 03, 2025
Ballot from the blue: will Ukraine hold a poll?
23 mins; April 02, 2025
Right down: Le Pen barred
20 mins; April 01, 2025
Shock and war: Myanmar junta exploits quake
23 mins; March 31, 2025
Whack of all trades: America’s economy
26 mins; March 28, 2025
You spin me right round: Europe’s populists reckon with Trumpism
21 mins; March 27, 2025
Canuck of the draw: Canada’s election campaigns
18 mins; March 26, 2025
The chat is out of the bag: a stunning leak
22 mins; March 25, 2025
Bibi driver: battles led by and within Israel
23 mins; March 24, 2025
Spy-fall: Trump imperils intelligence pact
22 mins; March 21, 2025
Not so delightful: Erdogan arrests rival
25 mins; March 20, 2025
Cold call: Putin thwarts Trump
21 mins; March 19, 2025
Peace broken: war returns to Gaza
23 mins; March 18, 2025
In sickness and in stealth: threats to America’s CDC
20 mins; March 17, 2025
Wheels of justice: the ICC gets Duterte at last
24 mins; March 14, 2025
When the levy doesn’t break: a trade-war world adjusts
21 mins; March 13, 2025
Thirty-day trial? A Ukraine-ceasefire proposal
24 mins; March 12, 2025
Sects and balances: a violent flare-up in Syria
22 mins; March 11, 2025
No question, Mark: Canada’s new PM
24 mins; March 10, 2025
One week in the life of Volodymyr Zelensky
22 mins; March 07, 2025
Kurds in the right place: a truce nears
25 mins; March 06, 2025
Pompcast: Trump rallies Congress
28 mins; March 05, 2025
Buck off: US pauses Ukraine aid
22 mins; March 04, 2025
Conversation peace: can Europe bargain with Russia?
24 mins; March 03, 2025
Ode to dread: Europe after Trump
24 mins; February 28, 2025
Heir-raising: the boom in inheritance
22 mins; February 27, 2025
Phase transition? Gaza’s shaky peace
25 mins; February 26, 2025
Emmanuel dexterity: Trump and Macron chat
22 mins; February 25, 2025
Left, right and centre: Germany’s election
23 mins; February 24, 2025
Friends (the one with estrangement): Europe without the US
24 mins; February 21, 2025
Young, gifted and black: Africa’s next generation
21 mins; February 20, 2025
Colour visions: a German-election lookahead
23 mins; February 19, 2025
Get your Strait facts: China’s quiet Taiwan push
22 mins; February 18, 2025
Munich insecurity conference: a re-ordering begins
24 mins; February 17, 2025
Love match: Modi-Trump’s tariffs tussle
24 mins; February 14, 2025
With this ring: Trump and Putin omit Ukraine
22 mins; February 13, 2025
War hoarse: is Zelensky being heard?
23 mins; February 12, 2025
Eye to the chancellor: interviewing Friedrich Merz
29 mins; February 11, 2025
I’ll be jammed: electronic warfare in Ukraine
21 mins; February 10, 2025
Scam Inc 3: The bottom line
38 mins; February 08, 2025
Scam Inc 2: Opportunity of a lifetime
36 mins; February 08, 2025
Scam Inc 1: Pigs in a barrel
41 mins; February 08, 2025
It could happen to you: introducing “Scam Inc”
24 mins; February 07, 2025
Leeward: we meet South Korea’s probable president
25 mins; February 06, 2025
Trailer: Scam Inc
3 mins; February 05, 2025
As a next resort: Trump’s vision for Gaza
25 mins; February 05, 2025
Rebel with a new cause: meeting Syria’s president
28 mins; February 04, 2025
Trailer: Scam Inc
3 mins; February 03, 2025
Thy neighbours, beggared: Trump’s opening tariffs
21 mins; February 03, 2025
Below Delhi, the search for India's mythical past
42 mins; February 01, 2025
Turkish delight: influencing the new Syria
25 mins; January 31, 2025
Trailer: Scam Inc
3 mins; January 30, 2025
Putty people: can Trump get his picks?
23 mins; January 30, 2025
Remote control: Rwandan proxies occupy Congo
22 mins; January 29, 2025
Trailer: Scam Inc
3 mins; January 28, 2025
Bot against America: a Chinese AI jolts markets
24 mins; January 28, 2025
Trailer: Scam Inc
3 mins; January 27, 2025
Gaza, stripped: Palestinians return to ruins
23 mins; January 27, 2025
Trailer: Scam Inc
3 mins; January 24, 2025
In with a chancellor: dissecting Britain’s growth plan
21 mins; January 24, 2025
Right turn at a broken traffic light: Germany’s AfD
26 mins; January 23, 2025
A tax or attacks: how the Houthis fund themselves
22 mins; January 22, 2025
Executive orders of magnitude: Trump’s day one
25 mins; January 21, 2025
Reunions and rubble: Gaza’s first moments of peace
23 mins; January 20, 2025
Billionaires boldly go: private space-treks
28 mins; January 17, 2025
Peace by piece: a ceasefire in Gaza is close
25 mins; January 16, 2025
Arrest development: South Korea’s Yoon held
22 mins; January 15, 2025
View to a killing: bond yields rise and rise
23 mins; January 14, 2025
A run for cover: LA’s fires and insurance
26 mins; January 13, 2025
Moving the post goals: Musk’s British-politics meddling
27 mins; January 10, 2025
Adaptitude: India and climate change
25 mins; January 09, 2025
Towards Russia with love: Austria’s political tilt
22 mins; January 08, 2025
It’s no longer Trudeau: Canada’s PM resigns
25 mins; January 07, 2025
Against the clock: Gaza peace talks
25 mins; January 06, 2025
All the president’s money men: the Trumponomics team
25 mins; January 03, 2025
Three presidents and counting: South Korea
21 mins; January 02, 2025
Don’t mention the war: Russia’s internal tensions
22 mins; January 01, 2025
Billions of voices heard: a year of elections
22 mins; December 31, 2024
Of peanuts and principles: Jimmy Carter dies
27 mins; December 30, 2024
Passing mentions: the notable lives lost in 2024
22 mins; December 27, 2024
Tomes will tell: books that predict the future
36 mins; December 26, 2024
Good moos: cows could help the climate
23 mins; December 24, 2024
The club rules? India’s RSS
23 mins; December 23, 2024
Country of the year: The Economist picks
27 mins; December 20, 2024
Between Estonia and a hard place: NATO meets
23 mins; December 19, 2024
Mass graves: revealing Syria’s horror
29 mins; December 18, 2024
Scholz fired: Germany calls snap election
21 mins; December 17, 2024
Off-side: Georgians reject new president
26 mins; December 16, 2024
Minds blown: are we getting dumber?
21 mins; December 13, 2024
Intel in slide: a chipmaker on the ropes
25 mins; December 12, 2024
Bye, cell: inside a notorious Syrian prison
20 mins; December 11, 2024
Bringing up Bibi: Netanyahu testifies
23 mins; December 10, 2024
Peace from pieces: Syria after Assad
26 mins; December 09, 2024
Ashes to Masses: Notre Dame’s stunning return
24 mins; December 06, 2024
Michel shock: France’s government falls
20 mins; December 05, 2024
Dark side of the Yoon: South Korea’s chaos
20 mins; December 04, 2024
Talk to EU later: Georgia’s fiery protests
23 mins; December 03, 2024