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The Intelligence from The Economist

The Intelligence from The Economist

By: The Economist
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Join Jason Palmer and Rosie Blau for noise-cancelling news and analysis from The Economist's global network of correspondents. Every weekday this award-winning podcast picks three stories shaping your world—the big shifts in politics, business and culture, plus things you never knew you needed to know. On Saturdays, download The Weekend Intelligence to dive deep into a single story, vividly told.


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  • Boss Class 1. Fat layer of humans

    Boss Class 1. Fat layer of humans
    Jan 31 2026

    Can AI do my job? How should employees and bosses be using the technology right now? And how should all of us prepare for the future?


    Andrew Palmer returns for a third season of Boss Class. This time it’s all about AI. In the first episode, he starts introducing AI into his daily work routines, and receives a nasty shock.


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    In this episode, Andrew asks Claude, a generative AI programme, to write his management column for him. You can find Andrew’s column here and Claude’s version here.


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    36 mins
  • Democracy on ICE? The mood turns in America

    Democracy on ICE? The mood turns in America
    Jan 30 2026

    On the streets of Minneapolis, in polls and in the halls of Congress, disapproval of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is mounting. Democrats won a near-term battle on funding—for now—but a wider war awaits. Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, appears to be positioning his daughter ever more visibly as his successor. And remembering Mark Tully, a veteran BBC correspondent in India.


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  • No middle ground: Iran’s dangerous division

    No middle ground: Iran’s dangerous division
    Jan 29 2026

    As the smoke of a murderous crackdown clears, Iranians have hardened into two camps. Moderates and reformists are out; a sense of looming civil war is in. As America nears its 250th birthday, we launch our series examining the highlights and low points of its history. And why the wild playground popularity of the song “Sigma Boy” is so worrisome.


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    22 mins
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