Why does Donald Trump have the momentum in the presidential race?
Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, our hosts are in North Carolina for a special live show
In a special episode recorded live in the swing state of North Carolina, our hosts assess the state of the race with less than two weeks to go. We also consider what makes young voters tick and mark 250 episodes of the podcast.
John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon.
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