8. Arrivals
In the final episode, opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s decision to return to Russia offers hope for the rebirth of a nation
Sooner or later, Vladimir Putin’s most formidable opponents end up in jail. Oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s wealth and power made him a target. He was arrested in 2003 after making a risky return to Russia. When opposition leader Alexei Navalny flew back to Moscow in 2021 he never made it through passport control. But for him, prison is not the story’s end, it’s where a new Russia begins.
Babbage
The Large Hadron Collider is on the verge of its most important decade
Our podcast on science and technology. We meet the next boss of CERN and take a tour of the biggest experiment in physics. What’s in store for the next chapter of the supercollider?
35:48
The Intelligence
Donald Trump’s Congress address was more pomp than policy
Also on the daily podcast: Ecuador’s intrepid investigator and board games v AI
28:18
Editor’s picks
Why Diana Salazar might be Latin America’s bravest woman
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
08:29
Drum Tower
The Chinese tech hotspot that birthed DeepSeek
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, we travel to China’s Silicon Valley to visit a university modelled on Stanford that lies at the heart of a thriving tech ecosystem
24:25
The Intelligence
What will America’s pause in military aid mean for Ukraine?
Also on the daily podcast: the stablecoin craze and the Louvre’s fashion gala
22:36
Editor’s picks
Why inheritocracy is a danger to capitalism
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
07:44