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Centre punch: Germany’s state-election shocker
<p>Two more state-election results reveal surging support for both the far-right AfD and the populist-left Die Linke parties. Chancellor Friedrich Merz himself described the outcome as <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/09/20/fr
Drone truth: Russia has the upper hand
<p>After a visit to <a href="https://www.economist.com/briefing/2026/09/17/russia-has-entered-a-new-phase-of-total-war?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shown
Rise and shine: Warsh’s Fed rate test
<p>The <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/09/10/kevin-warsh-should-raise-interest-rates?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article
The end of the world is AI? An existential threat
<p>Is <a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2026/09/15/making-ai-safer-is-not-impossible-but-agreeing-to-do-so-may-be?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymou
Islamism in Britain: what is the threat?
<p>Though a growing share of the British population is anxious about Islam, they have no reason to be. <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/09/10/islamism-is-a-threat-to-britain-islam-is-not?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.pod
Strait and narrowing: the Houthis’ striking advance
<p>After years of stalemate, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis are <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/09/13/the-houthis-shock-advance-in-yemen-gives-iran-new-leverage?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_s
The Weekend Intelligence: Shire folk - Episode 1: Tommy's Town
<p>For 15 years, the British media dismissed Tommy Robinson as a far-right extremist. We kept him off our televisions, and out of our newspapers. </p><br><p>Today his rallies attract tens of thousands of followers and he has the ear of the
Out-numbered: AI’s contentious maths milestone
<p>OpenAI’s claim to have solved one of the great problems in mathematics has itself created problems. We ask why the breakthrough has <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/09/09/openais-apparent-maths-breakthrough-
Working through it: the AI jobs boom dawns
<p>The labour data are in from America and a trend is <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/09/04/the-jobs-apocalypse-is-postponed-an-ai-jobs-boom-is-here?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=thei
Chainsaw sputtering: Milei’s experiment falters
<p>President Javier Milei has tamed inflation and improved the lot of many Argentines. But an election season approaches, and the promised economic and wage growth are <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2026/09/07/javier-mileis
School of shock: teenagers get dimmer
<p><a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2026/09/08/are-teenagers-growing-dimmer?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term
All right on the night: AfD’s victory
<p><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/09/06/the-alternative-for-germany-has-won-its-best-ever-election-result?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_sh
Bargaining chips: Nvidia is the bank of AI
<p><a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/09/03/nvidia-is-driving-the-ai-boom-good?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term
Ire and ICE: the toll of America’s deportations
<p>Donald Trump’s stance on <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/27/the-unwelcoming-states-of-america?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownote
Right in front: AfD could win German state
<p>On Sunday, <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/31/how-the-alternative-for-germany-would-govern?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na
After the flood: Nepal’s ongoing rescue
<p>After the devastating <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/08/27/the-terrifying-mechanics-of-the-nepali-flash-flood?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.
Stars in their AIs: tech is changing Hollywood
<p>Behind the scenes, Artificial Intelligence is playing a growing role in every aspect of <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/04/hollywood-is-entering-its-ai-era?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=thei
Bots on the ground: China leads humanoid race
<p>Our correspondent goes inside a <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/23/china-is-training-up-thousands-of-humanoid-robots?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.conte
Big shot: does a cancer vaccine work?
<p><a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/08/21/it-now-seems-possible-to-vaccinate-against-cancer?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_sh
Slip the surly bonds? Scott Bessent goes on a yield trip
<p>Amid <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/08/19/why-bond-markets-are-unnerving-rich-world-politicians?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymo
Even-more-maximum pressure: sanctions on Iran
<p>After much hullabaloo America announced its “Operation Economic Outcast”, a new tranche of sanctions. It is <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/08/24/iran-will-be-able-to-shrug-off-americas-financial-threats?ut
Elbows up, again: a US-Canada trade flare-up
<p><br></p><p>Promising trade talks imploded after a literal 11th-hour change from the American side. We examine the new trade barriers being erected, and <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2026/08/23/the-costs-of-defying-donal
I, robot? AI and consciousness
<p>The rise of generative AI has put new urgency into ancient questions. What is consciousness, and can machines <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/20/could-ais-become-conscious?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&
An interview with Yuval Noah Harari
<p>Yuval Noah Harari is a big-ideas guy. Known for penning tomes that tackle broad sweeps of history, the historian-cum-philosopher has now turned his attention to AI. He joins Zanny Minton Beddoes, <em>The Economist</em>’s editor-in-chief,
Bombs and bombshells: Zelensky under pressure
<p>From anti-corruption probes to a disgruntled ex-minister calling for elections to disrupted grain shipments, <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/18/russian-attacks-are-doing-severe-harm-to-ukraines-economy?utm_campaign=a.io
Wake-up haul: an Ozempic moment for the brain
<p>Orexins are peptides involved in the body’s sleep-wake system—and are big pharma’s next big thing. Like multi-purpose GLPs, they may have <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/08/11/the-brain-may-be-about-to-have
Settler bet: a West Bank flashpoint
<p>Israeli settlers have been clashing <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/08/17/violent-israeli-settlers-want-to-provoke-a-palestinian-uprising?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintellig
It’s not easy being Green: Zack Polanski
<p>To critics, the Green Party leader is dangerous, even a con man. To fans, he is a national saviour-in-waiting. Our correspondent <a href="https://www.economist.com/1843/2026/08/13/can-zack-polanski-do-a-mamdani?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medi
Afghanistan, five years on: our correspondent visits
<p>Five years after the American withdrawal from <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/13/the-taliban-are-vile-democracies-must-still-engage-with-them?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm
Caracas under pressure: democracy in Venezuela
<p>After American troops snatched Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in a dawn raid in January, democracy did not seem like a priority. Yet this week, <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/12/america-really-might-restore-democ