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Economist Podcasts

Economist Podcasts

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Every weekday our global network of correspondents makes sense of the stories beneath the headlines. We bring you surprising trends and tales from around the world, current affairs, business and finance — as well as science and technology.

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  • Sprawl of duty: Trump’s tariff drama

    Sprawl of duty: Trump’s tariff drama
    Jul 9 2025

    Once again President Donald Trump extended the deadline for spine-stiffening tariffs to go into effect on trading partners. We look at the effects of all the uncertainty. Brazil once dominated the world of football; we ask where it went wrong and assess the route to a comeback. And England’s historic obsession with trim, green lawns is fading (except at Wimbledon).


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    22 mins
  • The French reconnection: Macron in Britain

    The French reconnection: Macron in Britain
    Jul 8 2025

    Anglo-French relations have not been so good since before the Brexit vote. Beneath the state-visit pageantry, though, there is much co-operation for President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss. Gangs have infiltrated many of Latin America’s mining operations—with violent results. And an ode to Britain’s Shipping Forecast, an inscrutable radio feature that is turning 100.


    Additional audio courtesy of Alexander Seale @alexseale.


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    21 mins
  • Trump card: can he broker a Gaza deal?

    Trump card: can he broker a Gaza deal?
    Jul 7 2025

    While Israel and Hamas officials discuss a ceasefire via mediators in Qatar, a key meeting will take place at the White House today, when Israel’s prime minister talks to the US president. Why the Chinese Communist Party is removing alcohol from official events. And remembering John Robbins, who spurned his family’s ice-cream business to be a health campaigner.


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    21 mins
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Like objective reports economics in different regions such as Europe, US and Asian countries. Don’t like politics as much.

Business report

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audible consolidates for ease of use. keeps me awake at work with no data streaming issues

#1 news like nyt+wsj+more

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A really outstandingly produced podcast series that will appeal to any China watcher or anyone interested in the world’s most populous country as we enter an even more turbulent middle part of the 2020s.

As great as it is, still so many open questions…

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Babbage, from The Economist, exemplifies the thoughtful weekly selection, and deep but brief treatment, of important (but not necessarily headline pounding) science topics. Check out 2020's detailed treatment of viruses and how they have influenced evolution and history through the millennia.

Babbage is indispensable and irreplaceable.

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this is an excellent podcast about life and politics in modern China. I like it

drum tower

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pathetic mouthpiece, how to spread propaganda using an seeming unbiased view.
used to be good, go downhill after Brexit. UK is losing his way, perfectly reflected from this

propaganda mouthpiece for it's master

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Minute 31 sees an abrupt editing error, cutting off mid sentence and a sudden shift in story.

Great Content A Usual, Poor Editing

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It is professionally made but lacks objectivity when the subject matter involves western interests. It is extremely western centric and isn’t much useful for someone from the rest of the world.

A podcast made from western interest and perspective.

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