Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAI-pocalypse: predicting the threat from artificial intelligence
Wiping out a tenth of the world? Possible. Wiping out all of humanity? Less likely, but not entirely impossible. We examine how two groups of experts…
2 years, 7 months ago
Rutte, damn: the Dutch prime minister steps down
Mark Rutte is stepping down after leading the Netherlands for 13 years. Despite his renowned political survival skills, our correspondent explains wh…
2 years, 8 months ago
States, disunited: the controversy around cluster bombs
Despite considerable opposition from allies in NATO, America has agreed to send them to Ukraine. The highly controversial munitions could speed up Uk…
2 years, 8 months ago
I spy: meeting Ukraine’s intelligence chief
We sit down with Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s youngest-ever spymaster. He is intense, resolute—and oddly charismatic. A world of electrified transport i…
2 years, 8 months ago
Clone wars: Meta’s Threads takes on Twitter
If there is one thing Facebook’s parent company does well, it is aping other social-media features and platforms—and it is a propitious time to steal…
2 years, 8 months ago
Group dynamics: Wagner in Africa
Its leader is in exile and its future is uncertain. But the Wagner Group will be loth to abandon the influence and the cashflow that its murky Africa…
2 years, 8 months ago
Break camp: Israel’s West Bank raids
The so-called refugee camp in the city of Jenin has been subject to raids for months—and a hotspot for militants for decades. We ask what set things …
2 years, 8 months ago
Riot-geared: the tensions behind France’s unrest
The killing of a teenager in a Paris suburb has ignited national unrest. We ask what is driving the disquiet, and what it means for a president squee…
2 years, 8 months ago
Hot to trot: the up sides of climate migration
Mass movements of people expected as climate change progresses are often depicted as catastrophes-in-waiting. We visit Niger, where that shift has be…
2 years, 8 months ago
Antitrust, the process: America’s competition cops
This week’s court battle involving Microsoft and Activision, giants of tech and gaming, reflects a sea change under way in America’s trustbusting mac…
2 years, 8 months ago