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Podcasts

Sound reasoning on current affairs, business and finance, science and technology, and global issues

Editor’s Picks

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Drum Tower

Our weekly podcast on China. This week we look at how Pangdonglai, a grocer in Henan province, is rewriting the rules of retail

The Intelligence

Also on the daily podcast: the limits of animal testing and TikTok teaches etiquette

Editor’s Picks

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

The Intelligence

Also on the daily podcast: the deep history of political violence in America

Editor’s Picks

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

The Weekend Intelligence

How the Satanic Temple went from arch trollers to defenders of democracy

Checks and Balance

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we explore why one generation has become so entrenched at the top of politics

The Intelligence

Also on the daily podcast: a mammoth discovery for ancient DNA and the thief who stole Munch’s “The Scream”

Money Talks

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week: the economic fallout from the country’s messy election

BOOM!

A nightclub, a feminist magazine and a simple curve sketched onto a napkin had an outsized influence on the future of America

The Intelligence

Also on the daily podcast: the treasures of Colombia’s hotly contested shipwreck and Finland’s schools court foreigners