Today

The end of the world is AI? An existential threat

Is artificial intelligence becoming uncontrollably powerful? Our correspondent analyses whether a pause to breakneck development is possible or feasible. We have entered the new age of the orator. And why cheese is getting more popular in India. Guests and host:Alex Hern, AI writ ... Show More

24m 16s

Yesterday

Islamism in Britain: what is the threat?

Though a growing share of the British population is anxious about Islam, they have no reason to be. Islamism, a fringe ideology that believes government and society should be guided by Islamic principles, is the real concern. America cracks down on multinationals’ efforts to shif ... Show More

23m 41s

Sep 14

Strait and narrowing: the Houthis’ striking advance

After years of stalemate, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis are taking territory, including on a Red Sea strait. We ask what has changed, and how the shift fits into the wider regional conflict. As America’s midterm elections approach, we examine the fragmentation of the coalition that ... Show More

22m 46s

Nov 2025

Heir Jordan: the rising star of France’s populist right

Jordan Bardella, the leader of the National Rally party, has a stonking lead in voting-intention polls. His plans, our correspondent says, would put France on a collision course with the rest of Europe. We examine a new conservation-finance mechanism being trialled in the Democra ... Show More

25m 59s

Jun 2024

Young, French, and voting hard-right

French president Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election after his party was soundly defeated by the hard-right opposition in Sunday’s EU elections. The National Rally has been boosted by young voters, personified by the 28-year-old president of the party Jordan Bardella. So w ... Show More

28m 39s

Jun 2024

France’s snap election and the rise of the far right

President Emmanuel Macron launched a risky political gamble by calling a snap legislative election after his centrist party’s poor performance in European polls. In this special edition of Reuters World News podcast, we look at how youth support has bolstered the far right – and ... Show More

23m 1s

Jun 2024

French anti-foreign legion: an EU-election shock

<p>Hard-right parties did well in Europe's parliamentary elections—so well in France that President Emmanuel Macron <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/06/09/as-the-french-hard-right-triumphs-in-eu-elections-macron-calls-snap-vote?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.pod ... Show More

21m 3s

Jul 2024

Bet noir: Macron’s electoral gamble backfires

<p>Marine Le Pen’s far-right party made great gains in the first round of <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/06/30/a-crushing-blow-for-emmanuel-macrons-centrist-alliance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">France’s parliamentary election</a>. The left did too. ... Show More

23m 44s

Apr 2025

Right down: Le Pen barred

<p><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/03/31/barring-marine-le-pen-is-a-political-thunderbolt-for-france?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" r ... Show More

20m 5s

Jan 2024

The Intelligence: Emmanuel override

<p>Gabriel Attal, France’s youthful <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/01/09/the-president-appoints-modern-frances-youngest-prime-minister?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na- ... Show More

21m 53s

Apr 2022

Macron versus Le Pen: The fight to be the French president

On Sunday voters will go to the polls in France in a repeat of 2017’s run off between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. So what issues are coming up on the campaign trail? What are the prospects for the incumbent? And could the far right populist triumph in a key election for th ... Show More

35m 40s

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