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Edward McBride brings in Philip Coggan to get to the bottom of asset management fees. And, data journalists Dan Rosenheck and Wade Zhou excavate the numbers behind the numbers in the world of Broadway musicals.

This week: Why grit matters more than talent, how life coaches are popping up all over Nigeria and what Italy’s pride for food reveals about its economic problems

As the California primary looms, John Prideaux, our US editor, and David Rennie, Lexington columnist, dissect the ongoing Sanders/Clinton rivalry - and ask if Libertarians might peel off Trump voters in the election. Plus Sophie Pedder, our Paris Bureau Chief on the paradoxical attitudes towards women in France

As clampdowns on freedom of speech become more frequent, a growing number of people are claiming the right "not to be offended". Timothy Garton Ash of Oxford University joins Robert Guest, foreign editor, Emma Hogan, Europe correspondent, and Anne McElvoy to debate the dilemmas

Stephen Hawking revises his theory of black holes and argues that everything may not be lost at the "event horizon" after all. And new sensors made by inkjet printers can tell when a new layer of sunscreen is needed to prevent sunburns. Hosted by Kenneth Cukier

Already under pressure to cut costs, banks are reluctant to spend on contingency plans. But leaving the EU could turn their business upside down. Patrick Lane, banking editor, reports. Also, Soumaya Keynes asks: how many workers are at risk of being replaced by machines?

This week: What business executives are learning from Formula One drivers, a Brazilian guide to cutting corners and some snippets from America’s campaign trail

North Korea, the country with the least predictable leader in the world, is rapidly building bombs and the missiles to deliver them. Edward Carr, deputy editor, and Matthew Symonds, defence editor, discuss this threat with host Robert Guest; And our Brussels Bureau Chief discusses the world's struggle to manage refugees

Sir Tim Berners Lee founded the web in 1989, and is now the head of its standards agency, the W3C. He joins deputy editor Tom Standage in The Economist studio to discuss the future of his creation.

In our third episode, Celeste and John focus on the stunning tidal wave of 2016 campaign television advertising — and whether or not it's even effective. Veteran strategist and admaker Jimmy Siegel opens the discussion with his take on what makes a winning TV commercial. Darrell West, vice president and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, speaks about the changing landscape of how candidates connect with voters and forecasts the general election ad wars. And Matt Steinglass, The Economist's Europe editor, contrasts America's political broadcast bonanza with the very different — but changing — tone of TV commercials across the pond.

New technology combines 3D printing with traditional machining, and a fresh theory on how humans became so smart

How should digital platforms like Google and Facebook be regulated? And quinoa has impressed everyone from Oprah to the United Nations but is quinoa competition putting farmers in Bolivia and Peru out of business?

This week: A kerfuffle over Cypriot cheese, why demand for beef in France is getting rarer and Britons lose their taste for a tipple

Donald Trump changes his tune, slightly. Drink driving is on the rise in Africa and Vietnam ratifies a crucial trade deal

Anne McElvoy looks at the economic heart of the EU referendum campaigns, talking to veteran conservative MP David Davis and Philippe Legrain, a former economic adviser to the president of the European Commission