The Weekend Intelligence from The Economist

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PSA: Taking a short break

Instead of your usual episode of The Weekend Intelligence, we are bringing you season 3 of Boss Class. The series asks, how should employees and managers adapt to the world of AI? You'll find it wherever you listen to The Intelligence. The Weekend Intelligence team is on a short hiatus. We're using the time to report, gather and polish more stories for you. We'll be back Saturday 21st February. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jan 31, 2026•1 min

Mise en masse

Chef Gary Thomas has a lot on his plate. That’s because he’s in the business of feeding thousands of people a day on a ship in the middle of the ocean. Not just any ship – the Star of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world. The Weekend Intelligence’s senior producer Barclay Bram braved a trip to the Bahamas to try to figure out the secret behind one of the most impressive food operations in the world. Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technolog...

Nov 29, 2025•46 min

The Cotton Patch Gospel

Seventy years ago, a small Christian community in rural Georgia became an unlikely battleground in America’s fight over civil rights. Koinonia was founded on a radical idea: that black and white families should live, work and worship together as equals. For the people of nearby Americus, that belief was heresy. What followed was years of boycotts, gunfire, cross burnings and isolation. Lenny Jordan grew up in the middle of it. As a child he learned to distinguish the sound of a passing car from ...

Nov 29, 2025•50 min

The Weekend Intelligence: Welcome

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Nov 24, 2025•1 min

The Weekend Intelligence: The Memory Keepers

In Japan, the last witnesses to the horror of nuclear destruction are approaching the end of their lives. And as they die out, nuclear weapons no longer seem to induce the same degree of revulsion they once did. The arms control architecture built up during the Cold War is crumbling and existing nuclear powers are modernising their arsenals. More states are considering acquiring nuclear weapons. Now, more than ever, we need survivor stories to remind us of the consequences of their use. In this ...

Aug 08, 2025•53 min

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