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Today’s show is a tribute to those whose lives we remembered this year. From Pope Francis, the most open-minded pontiff for decades, and controversial vice-president Dick Cheney, to champ of the chimpanzees Jane Goodall, bubblegum pop star Brian Wilson and Alice Tan Ridley, a New ...  Show more

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Grief about the deaths of more than 150 people in a crush has turned to anger, and the investigation into what actions were taken—or not taken—<a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/11/03/when-a-disaster-shakes-a-country-political-leaders-face-peril?utm_campaign=a.io&utm ...

The ruling party got a pasting at the polls, owing in part to a <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/10/30/argentinas-government-has-fixed-the-price-of-1432-products?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-n ...

America’s crash of deadlines carries risks for the government’s budget and just possibly its <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/09/21/what-is-americas-debt-ceiling?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_cont ...

Warnings from the Americans went unheeded, police took too long to respond, and now the Kremlin has found a way to link it to Ukraine. Could this tragedy be used to <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/03/24/vladimir-putin-begins-operation-blame-ukraine?utm_campaign= ...