The Intelligence: Leave your umbrella at home

The editor of our annual “World Ahead” publication predicts the themes and events that will dominate the headlines in 2026, from geopolitics to tech. He also admits what we got wrong last year. And The Economist launched its first podcast 20 years ago. We chart the evolution of a ...  عرض المزيد

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 ...  عرض المزيد

It took more than 20 years for Hong Kong’s legislature to pass Article 23, a sweeping and troublingly ambiguous <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2024/03/19/hong-kong-passes-a-security-law-that-its-masters-scarcely-need?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_ ...

Drug-related shootings and bombings are on the rise. Policies are changing and law-enforcement budgets rising, but stemming the violence is <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/11/13/sweden-is-suffering-a-grim-wave-of-gang-violence?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio. ...

A dramatic overnight raid in New York City was just one sign that protests at American universities are set <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/04/30/escalating-protests-expose-three-fault-lines-on-american-campuses?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast. ...

In the American West, grizzly bears are spreading—and <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/12/05/how-the-culture-wars-came-for-grizzly-bears?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_sho ...