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Oct 2023
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Introducing The Weekend Intelligence

The Economist
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The Weekend Intelligence is a new podcast from the award-winning team at The Economist that will transport you away from the hectic week towards broader horizons. Silence the alerts and notifications and journey into a wilderness of stories.

Narrated by our reporters and writers, and hosted by The Intelligence presenters, Ore Ogunbiyi and Jason Palmer, it will be our vehicle for great storytelling - one story that takes you somewhere new every Saturday.

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