The Intelligence from The Economist

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

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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Categories: News & Politics

Listen to the last episode:

When America seized Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro in January, it left the rest of his regime intact. Three months on, our correspondent finds optimism and some loosening of repression. Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado fled to America, now she explains her ambitions for the country. And celebrating the life of Nick Pope, who spent decades investigating UFOs.


Guests and host:

  • Kinley Salmon, Latin America correspondent
  • Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
  • Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • Venezuela, oil, Maduro, Trump
  • María Corina Machado, elections
  • Nick Pope, UFOs, aliens, NASA


Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+


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