General’s knowledge: a chat with Ukraine’s spy chief
Economist Podcasts27 Syys 2023

General’s knowledge: a chat with Ukraine’s spy chief

Where the defensive lines really are, the state of Russia’s reserves, battlefield tactics: Kyrylo Budanov is a candid interviewee—but he claims to know nothing about all those drones. Gambling has been illegal in Brazil for decades, but pinched government coffers point to a lifting of the prohibition (10:42). And the passion and the profitability of “BookTok”, the literary end of TikTok (16:51).


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