Podcasts
Sound reasoning on current affairs, business and finance, science and technology, and global issues
Checks and Balance
How has the legalisation of cannabis changed America?
Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we explore whether a decade of legal marijuana sales has been a rolling success
The Intelligence
Canada tried to get Meta to pay for linking to news. It didn’t work
Also on the daily podcast: where American workers are putting in all those hours and remembering Shirley Conran
Money Talks
Why America loves Costco
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, how the retailer became such a wholesale success
The Intelligence
An assassination attempt in Slovakia comes at an already dangerous time
Also on the daily podcast: a labour-union tremor in America’s south and a new view on the perception of time
Editor’s Picks
Big tech’s bid for power
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Babbage
Why the defrosting of Antarctica will be felt everywhere
Our podcast on science and technology. What does a melting Antarctica mean for the world’s oceans and ecosystems?
The Intelligence
In Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, Michael Cohen gets his say
Also on the daily podcast: militias’ sway in the Middle East and whether the silver screen is saucier than it once was
Editor’s Picks
Why Arab armed forces have lousy reputations
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Drum Tower
Why are Chinese people running to Japan?
Our weekly podcast on China. In the first episode of a three-part series on the “run” phenomenon, we ask what is motivating people to leave the country
Editor’s Picks
How Labour is courting British business
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
The Intelligence
Ukraine needs more soldiers nearly as much as it needs more ammo
Also on the daily podcast: the fraught business of covid research in China and why Japan loves CDs so much