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 The week ahead: Another bite of the Apple | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:37

The tech world anticipates the launch of Apple's new iPhone, an anti-corruption campaigner runs for a seat in Russia's regional elections and North Korea commemorates its National Day

 Tasting menu: September 4th 2015 edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:24

This week: the mystery of a Nazi gold train in Poland, the history of the much heralded herring and a new weapon in the war on malaria

 The Economist asks: Brexit, part one | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:01

A referendum on Britain’s place in the European Union is likely to take place in September 2016. In the first of a three-part series, we ask assorted experts what is at stake

 Cards on the table: The Economist interviews Donald Trump | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:50:55

Donald Trump has become the surprise Republican frontrunner early on in the 2016 US presidential cycle. His popularity – and fame – is reflected in the wide media coverage he has been enjoying. His policies, such as they are, have had less attention

 Babbage: Inspectors' gadgets | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:43

New technology used by nuclear weapons inspectors and 3D printing buildings on Earth and in outer space

 Money talks: Chinese ripples | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:19:27

Another week of market volatility sees the Fed possibly going ahead with a rate rise, Chinese manufacturing drop and oil prices see saw

 Intelligent Life: Randy Newman, to irony and beyond | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:08

Randy Newman is the songwriter behind the music for “Toy Story”, which celebrates its 20th birthday this year. In this podcast, Tim de Lisle discusses his profile of Newman in the September/October issue of Intelligent Life, and how he encountered a man who is ironic, characterful and curmudgeonly

 The week ahead: Pomp and circumstance in Beijing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:33

China stages a grand military parade, elections take place in Guatemala amid a high-level corruption scandal and President Obama gives a speech on the future of the Arctic.

 Tasting Menu: August 28th 2015 edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:47

This week: The Great Fall of China, the economics of croissants and a tennis-loving physicist serves his final match

 The Economist Asks: Europe’s huddled masses | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:54

With millions of displaced people in the countries surrounding Europe, The Economist’s deputy editor and Europe editor explore one of the most divisive topics on the political agenda today

 Babbage: The microbes in our midst | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:55

Scientists say a universal flu vaccine is on the horizon and a new study unearths the thousands of bacteria and fungi in our homes

 Money talks: China's boom gone bust | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:51

The stockmarket rout in China could be the first step towards a recasting of the global economy or a summertime speedbump in an otherwise healthy economy

 The week ahead: Journalism on trial by the Nile | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:46

In Egypt, a verdict is expected in the trial of three Al-Jazeera staff, Mexico hosts the first UN Arms Trade Treaty conference and New Orleans commemorates 10 years after Hurricane Katrina

 Tasting Menu: August 21st 2015 edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:29

This week: Asia's floundering fertility rates, how to invest like the Amish and why arachnophobes shouldn't look up

 Babbage: Climate's wild child | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:42

A new technique makes editing the human genome much easier and this year's El Niño, a disrupting climate phenomenon, could be the strongest ever

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