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The Intelligence
“London’s stockmarket looks more like yesterday’s world than tomorrow’s”—how to fix the City’s stasis

Also on the daily podcast: the global spike in military drafts and the digital nomads working from anywhere but home

Babbage
A new Anthropocene diet—the future of food

Our podcast on the science and technology making the news.

The Intelligence
“This crisis may mark ‘peak Facebook’”—outed, then outrage, then an outage

Also on the daily podcast: how to fix the food industry’s environmental footprint and the travails of Afghanistan’s embassies

To a Lesser Degree: Best behaviour
How important is personal action to combating climate change?

Our weekly podcast on how to tackle climate change

The Intelligence
“Signs point to imminent, fundamental transformation—not slow, incremental change”—SCOTUS’s new term

Also on the daily podcast: Britain’s coming “treedemic” and why scriptwriters love hotels so much

Editor's Picks: October 4th 2021
China’s new reality, reviving Britain’s stockmarket, and the showdown between Detroit’s heavyweights

A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Checks and Balance
Taxing times—how fair is America’s tax system?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America

The Intelligence
“It may be the whole political class that's damaged”—Nicolas Sarkozy’s second conviction

Also on the daily podcast: meeting a Burmese hipster-turned-freedom fighter and the unknown label behind well-known music

The Economist Asks: Michel Barnier
We ask Michel Barnier: what is the future of Europe?

The European Union's former chief Brexit negotiator, and author of “My Secret Brexit Diary”, talks to “The Economist Asks”

The Intelligence
“There seems to be a revolving carousel of different shortages week after week”—Britain’s bare shelves

Also on the daily podcast: a glimmer of hope for Tunisia’s democracy and India’s unmarried couples get some privacy

Money Talks
Bricks and mortar—the perils of property markets

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. Also this week: Historian Adam Tooze assesses the economic impact of the pandemic

The Intelligence
“I worry this will only deepen a sense of apathy, especially among younger voters”—Japan’s next leader

Also on the daily podcast: the prosperity of Nigeria’s megachurches (and their pastors) and pressing problems for vinyl records