Podcast Selection

Checks and Balance: Electric dreams

John Prideaux, Charlotte Howard and Jon Fasman take a road trip across the Midwest to look at whether #America's industrial and environmental goals are compatible and what EVs tell us about the future of American…

Qatar has got what it wanted from the World Cup: podcast

The Gulf state has taken more flak than it would have done had it not staged the soccer tournament, which ends on Sunday. Yet in this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how Qatar’s largely successful…

FT: New Briefing

EU member states have reached a deal on the world’s first major carbon border tax, New Delhi has stepped up spending on infrastructure in neighbouring countries, the world’s largest investment banks for the first time…

Drum Tower: The red and the green

China’s energy security concerns are undermining its ambitious climate pledges. We try to understand the contradiction from the perspective of China’s leaders. And, in a country where activism can be dangerous, we find out how…

Brewing EU-US trade war — Ukraine FM Dmytro Kuleba — Future of Europe

Host Suzanne discusses the Inflation Reduction Act, Baltic and Nordic region foreign ministers' trip to Ukraine and the Commission's response to citizens' suggestions from the Future of Europe.

Money Talks: China reopens

Mick Bird, Soumaya Keynes and Alice Fulwood discuss what this means for the Chine economy - and the world

What are the prospects for the world economy in 2023?

What are the prospects for the world economy in 2023? The Economist’s economics editor, Henrey Curr, and deputy business affairs editor, Rachana Shanbhogue, explain the dilemma facing central bankers around the world.

Can China escape zero-covid?

The Economist’s Beijing bureau chief, David Rennie, and senior China correspondent, Alice Su, talk to Ben Cowling, epidemiologist at Hong Kong University, about the lessons from the omicron wave there.

The French connection: Macron’s state visit to America

The French connection: Macron’s state visit to America, behind the pageantry Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron will have much to chew over.

Martin Wolf: The geopolitical threat to globalisation

Mark Filippino discusses the state of deglobalisation and how geopolitics is contributing to this process with chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf.

COP28 may make up for COP27’s shortcomings

The global climate meeting has mostly failed to lure the same corporate big hitters as Glasgow did last year. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how even if the gathering in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh…

What the US mid-term elections mean for Europe’s digital agenda

Last week, the United States was called to the ballots for its mid-term elections, resulting in a more divided Congress. Euractiv discusses what this all means for Europe’s digital policy, public subsidies and the next…