The Intelligence: searching for the elixir of life
Scientists are making considerable progress in the race to slow the ageing process of our cells, and in turn, our bodies. But what would living for longer actually mean for the world? How government l...
22 Joulu 202330min
Money Talks: There’s no business like it
We raise the curtain on the business of New York’s iconic theatre district. Broadway has been struggling with rising costs and falling sales since the pandemic, but its financial drama started much ea...
21 Joulu 202347min
The Intelligence: Alice Weidel’s alternative plan for Germany
Our Berlin bureau chief sits down with the increasingly popular co-leader of the Alternative for Germany, the furthest-right of the country’s seven main political parties. How viable are her policy pl...
21 Joulu 202324min
Babbage: Science book club
Books are the original medium for communicating science to the masses. In a holiday special, producer Kunal Patel asks Babbage’s family of correspondents about the books that have inspired them in the...
20 Joulu 202342min
The Intelligence: Colorado blocks Donald Trump’s candidacy
The state’s supreme court has ruled that he cannot appear on the Republican primary ballot, citing insurrection and a constitutional amendment. It’s an extraordinary decision, but it will only matter ...
20 Joulu 202321min
The Intelligence: Congo’s election
After a dubious win in 2018, Felix Tshisekedi is running for office again in the Democratic Republic of Congo – and an incumbency bias could work in his favour. Is there any hope for a fair election? ...
19 Joulu 202327min
The Intelligence: Red (Sea) alert
In response to the war in Gaza, Iran-backed Houthi militants are attacking vessels along the key shipping route. If it continues, the consequences could upend global trade. Why do so many young Americ...
18 Joulu 202319min
The Weekend Intelligence: MH17 and the battle for truth
For almost a decade The Economist’s Noah Sneider has been following the story of MH17, the passenger plane shot down over Eastern Ukraine on July 17th 2014. All 298 people on board died. No group, or ...
16 Joulu 202348min
