Economist Podcasts

By: The Economist
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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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  • Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
    May 6 2025

    Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.


    The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, is here to help. The second season of Boss Class features leaders at some of the world’s best performing companies, from Levi’s to Novo Nordisk to Google.


    New episodes are out weekly starting May 12th.


    To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+.

    https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus


    If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.

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    2 mins
  • First not past the post: Germany’s chancellor shocker
    May 6 2025

    In a post-war first, Germany’s first round of parliamentary voting for a chancellor did not produce one. We ask why members of Friedrich Merz’s coalition turned on him, and what happens next. Daring raids on scam compounds in Myanmar freed many slave-labour scammers—but thousands remain trapped there (9:42). And diving into the data that show young Americans are getting (slightly) happier (16:23).


    Economist Education is running a new six-week online course on international relations—a window into shifting geopolitical trends and a guide to navigating uncertainty and risk. Listeners to “The Intelligence” can save 15% by clicking here and using the code INTELLIGENCE.

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    22 mins
  • Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
    May 5 2025

    Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.


    The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, is here to help. The second season of Boss Class features leaders at some of the world’s best performing companies, from Levi’s to Novo Nordisk to Google.


    New episodes are out weekly starting May 12th.


    To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+.

    https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus


    If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    2 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.

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#1 news like nyt+wsj+more

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

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

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.

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Babbage is indispensable and irreplaceable.

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.

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drum tower

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

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propaganda mouthpiece for it's master

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

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Great Content A Usual, Poor Editing

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

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A podcast made from western interest and perspective.

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.

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