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Every weekday our global network of correspondents makes sense of the stories beneath the headlines. We bring you surprising trends and tales from around the world, current affairs, business and finance — as well as science and technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Down to the wires: Africa’s digital lag

21 mins; July 30, 2024

Warpath: Israel vows revenge on Hizbullah

26 mins; July 29, 2024

Field of streams: sports viewing changes

24 mins; July 26, 2024

Bibi talk: a speech light on detail

23 mins; July 25, 2024

Destruction instruction: Western armies learn from Gaza

25 mins; July 24, 2024

Keep Kamala and carry on: Harris’s smooth route

22 mins; July 23, 2024

Joe of good faith: Biden bows out

24 mins; July 22, 2024

Dicky birds: the next pandemic?

24 mins; July 19, 2024

Veep show: America meets J.D. Vance

25 mins; July 18, 2024

Food for thought: raising the world’s IQ

22 mins; July 17, 2024

Lost in stagnation? Japan’s economic paradox

21 mins; July 16, 2024

An assassination attempt: what next for America?

19 mins; July 15, 2024

An officer and a gen AI: the future of war

26 mins; July 12, 2024

Bidin’: will Joe go or no?

22 mins; July 11, 2024

Change of heart surgeon: Iran’s reformist president

23 mins; July 10, 2024

Holey alliance: NATO’s worries at 75

23 mins; July 09, 2024

Lurch in the left: France’s election shock

24 mins; July 08, 2024

Boom! Episode 1: 1968 - Born to be wild

50 mins; July 07, 2024

Starming victory: Labour sweeps to power

29 mins; July 05, 2024

1. 1968 - Born to be wild

49 mins; July 04, 2024

Leader of the package: Amazon turns 30

23 mins; July 04, 2024

Trailer: Boom!

3 mins; July 04, 2024

Degree programme: stopping heat deaths

22 mins; July 03, 2024

Trailer: Boom!

3 mins; July 02, 2024

Rule and divide: Donald Trump is judged immune

24 mins; July 02, 2024

Trailer: Boom!

3 mins; July 01, 2024

Bet noir: Macron’s electoral gamble backfires

23 mins; July 01, 2024

The Weekend Intelligence: The state of Britain

50 mins; June 29, 2024

Debate and switch? Biden’s stumble

26 mins; June 28, 2024

Labour-saving: Britain’s probable next leader

23 mins; June 27, 2024

Pier pressure: a visit to Gaza’s aid platform

28 mins; June 26, 2024

Spring a leaker: Assange goes free

25 mins; June 25, 2024

Rocketing science: China’s newest superpower

23 mins; June 24, 2024

Argentina turning? Milei’s surprising political success

25 mins; June 21, 2024

Empire of the sun: a solar power revolution

25 mins; June 20, 2024

French fried: will the election lead to chaos?

24 mins; June 19, 2024

Heir tight: why boomers are so stingy

22 mins; June 18, 2024

Sudan impact: the war the world forgot

26 mins; June 17, 2024

Fight for his party to the right: Nigel Farage

24 mins; June 14, 2024

A real work of peace? An Israel-Hamas deal

25 mins; June 13, 2024

America's next top-job model: our election forecast

21 mins; June 12, 2024

Doing their not-own thing: “generation rent”

21 mins; June 11, 2024

French anti-foreign legion: an EU-election shock

21 mins; June 10, 2024

The Modi Raj 1: The chaiwallah's son

50 mins; June 08, 2024

One dam thing after another? Ukraine and reconstruction

24 mins; June 07, 2024

Labour's pains: Britain’s growth problem

25 mins; June 06, 2024

Modi’s mess: a shock election result spells uncertainty for India

23 mins; June 05, 2024

Trailer: The Modi Raj

4 mins; June 05, 2024

The big gag: Hong Kong’s crackdown on freedom

23 mins; June 04, 2024

I, Claudia: Mexico’s new leader

22 mins; June 03, 2024

Trailer: The Modi Raj

4 mins; June 01, 2024

Choose this podcast: abortion and the election

53 mins; May 31, 2024

Out on a ledger: Trump convicted

21 mins; May 31, 2024

Trailer: The Modi Raj

4 mins; May 31, 2024

The Intelligence: Rishi Sunak’s report card

27 mins; May 30, 2024

Trailer: The Modi Raj

4 mins; May 29, 2024

The Intelligence: Strikes on Rafah

26 mins; May 29, 2024

The Intelligence: An interview with the director of the IAEA

22 mins; May 28, 2024

Stores of value: regulators lean on app vendors

20 mins; May 27, 2024

The Weekend Intelligence: Georgia... the day after tomorrow

44 mins; May 25, 2024

Trailer: The Modi Raj

4 mins; May 24, 2024

Bibi blues: Israel’s fraying consensus

26 mins; May 24, 2024

Chip shots: breaking Nvidia’s AI grip

23 mins; May 23, 2024

AI and health part one: DrGPT will see you now

45 mins; May 22, 2024

See how the Lai lands: Taiwan’s new president

22 mins; May 22, 2024

Crimes seen: The ICC chases Israel and Hamas

23 mins; May 21, 2024

Succession unplanned: Iran’s president killed

26 mins; May 20, 2024

The Weekend Intelligence: Bombay, open city?

46 mins; May 18, 2024

Swat off the press: Meta v Canada’s news ploy

23 mins; May 17, 2024

Boiling over: an attempt on the Slovakian PM’s life

24 mins; May 16, 2024

Expenses claims: Trump’s hush-money trial

25 mins; May 15, 2024

Run part one: Why are Chinese people running to Japan?

30 mins; May 14, 2024

The morale of the story: Ukraine’s front lines

25 mins; May 14, 2024

Fear on draft: Ukraine’s fraught mobilisation

22 mins; May 13, 2024

The Weekend Intelligence: Baseball at the border

50 mins; May 11, 2024

The Intelligence: The next stage of the tech wars

25 mins; May 10, 2024

The Intelligence: Singapore’s “4G” era

24 mins; May 09, 2024

The Intelligence: Supercharging India’s economy

20 mins; May 08, 2024

The Intelligence: Truce talk

20 mins; May 07, 2024

The Intelligence: Mandela’s vision, tested

27 mins; May 06, 2024

The Intelligence: Our meeting with Macron

29 mins; May 03, 2024

The Intelligence: The kids are alright, turns out

21 mins; May 02, 2024

Babbage: Teens and their screens

42 mins; May 01, 2024

The Intelligence: Going back to raid school

27 mins; May 01, 2024

The Intelligence: Dengue’s grip on Latin America

22 mins; April 30, 2024

The Intelligence: A civil society in waiting

22 mins; April 29, 2024

Checks and Balance: Aid, and a bet

48 mins; April 26, 2024

The Intelligence: Britain’s latest bad idea

26 mins; April 26, 2024

The Intelligence: The world’s biggest humanitarian crisis

18 mins; April 25, 2024

The Intelligence: America’s college crackdowns

21 mins; April 24, 2024

The Intelligence: AI rest my case

20 mins; April 23, 2024

The Intelligence: Ready, Aid, Fire

24 mins; April 22, 2024

The Intelligence: Iran and Israel’s new era?

27 mins; April 19, 2024

Money Talks: Why weight-loss drugs will reshape the world

36 mins; April 18, 2024

The Intelligence: Your country needs you!

23 mins; April 18, 2024

The Intelligence: He said, she fled

22 mins; April 17, 2024

The Intelligence: The most personal choice

26 mins; April 16, 2024

The Intelligence: A region holds its breath

26 mins; April 15, 2024

The Intelligence: America’s deeply divided electorate

27 mins; April 12, 2024

The Intelligence: The race to save Kharkiv

24 mins; April 11, 2024

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