The Weekend Intelligence

The Weekend Intelligence is a weekly long-form narrative podcast which explores big themes, intimately. The show blends the best of The Economist - global expertise, brilliant writing, the hivemind of our reporters - with an emphasis on storytelling and a lean-back tone that works for the weekend. Over the year since we first launched we’ve had searing personal stories of IVF, grief and AI clones. We’ve done profiles and reportage, uncovering Georgia Meloni’s obsession with J.R. Tolkien, chasing Wagner in the Central African Republic, and charting the rise of Israel’s religious right. And we’ve gone deep into the stories defining our times, from wars to culture wars.