Sep 12

The Weekend Intelligence: Shire folk

For 15 years, the British media dismissed Tommy Robinson as a far-right extremist. We kept him off our televisions, and out of our newspapers. Today his rallies attract tens of thousands of followers and he has the ear of the world’s richest man.Shire Folk is the story of how som ... Show More

49m 13s

Sep 11

Out-numbered: AI’s contentious maths milestone

OpenAI’s claim to have solved one of the great problems in mathematics has itself created problems. We ask why the breakthrough has shaken the field. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11 we examine the vast counterterrorism machinery that followed in America, and nascent efforts to pa ... Show More

22m 49s

Sep 10

Working through it: the AI jobs boom dawns

The labour data are in from America and a trend is becoming clearer: on balance AI is starting to create more jobs than it hoovers up. Despite advancements of just about every other kind, China cannot seem to escape its food-safety problems. We ask why not. And why Kenya’s ants h ... Show More

19m 56s

Jun 2025

A house divided against itself: America simmers

Political assassinations. Troops on city streets. National protests. We examine the edgy mood inside America through the lens of past periods of intense, violent partisanship. Our correspondent sees two motives for the visit to Greenland by Emmanuel Macron, France’s president: on ... Show More

24m 23s

Nov 2020

MAGAlomaniac

A weekend of protests, violence, and enmity in DC revealed what Donald Trump has planned post-presidency. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23m 23s

Sep 2025

The Divider in Chief?

The search for a motive in a murder that shattered a bitterly divided nation. Can the country heal when the president wants to pin Kirk's death on the left ... Why some of the president's supporters are calling for the removal of the FBI director ... President Trump prepares to s ... Show More

45m 46s

Jul 2023

Riot-geared: the tensions behind France’s unrest

The killing of a teenager in a Paris suburb has ignited <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/07/01/rioting-in-france-presents-a-fresh-political-test-for-emmanuel-macron?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.con ... Show More

23m 34s

Jul 2020

‘Their Goal Is the End of America’

What President Trump’s divisive speech at Mount Rushmore reveals about his re-election campaign.Guest: Maggie Haberman, who covers the White House for The New York Times.For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily" target=" ... Show More

21m 23s

Sep 2024

Foiled again: a second attempt on Trump

With less than eight weeks to go to the presidential election, tension is running high after a second probable assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Has political violence become routine in America? Virtual replicas of racing cars, plane engines, even bodies, may change how we d ... Show More

23m 12s

Nov 2022

The French connection: Macron’s state visit to America

Behind the pageantry, Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron will have <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/11/24/on-a-visit-to-america-frances-president-will-confront-new-problems?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content ... Show More

23m 47s

Jun 2020

Ep. 904 - Rockets or Riots - Which America Is The Real America?

Rockets to mars or cities on fire, America needs to decide. We discuss the protests and riots breaking out across the country over the death of George Floyd, as well as the dual Americas our citizens feel that they live in. Plus, Andrew discusses President Trump’s response to the ... Show More

47m 29s

Jun 2025

The Deportation Divide

First: We're following the showdowns on the streets, the halls of Congress and the federal courthouse as protesters, lawmakers and top Democratic governors sound off on the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown. Plus: Is it big and beautiful or a bust? We have exclusive ne ... Show More

40m 52s

Jul 2024

The Long Simmer of Political Violence in America

America is not new to political violence, but the near-assassination of Donald Trump is an attack without comparison in 21st-century politics. How do process it? What happens next? And how true are the claims, as President Joe Biden put it in the immediate aftermath of the shooti ... Show More

23m 44s

A house divided against itself: America ...