The Economist Asks: Fiona Hill
How should President Joe Biden deal with President Vladimir Putin? At a point of “acute confrontation”...
31:25
The Economist Asks: Fiona Hill
How should President Joe Biden deal with President Vladimir Putin? At a point of “acute confrontation”...
31:25
The Economist Asks: Herbert Diess
When will the electric car rule the road? Herbert Diess, the chief executive of Germany's Volkswagen Group, talks to...
28:43
The Economist Asks: Christine Lagarde
What next for the euro area? Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank and the former head of the...
27:27
The Economist Asks: Heather Cox Richardson
What does American history tell us about politics now? Anne McElvoy asks the professor at Boston College and author...
28:46
The Economist Asks: What happened in Wuhan?
A year ago the Chinese city of 11 million people cut itself off to contain the spread of a deadly virus. Hao Wu, the...
27:50
The Economist Asks: Cindy McCain
Can President Biden revive bipartisanship in America? Anne McElvoy asks the widow of Republican Senator John McCain...
28:10
The Economist Asks: Jimmy Wales
As Wikipedia turns 20, we ask its founder Jimmy Wales how “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit”...
27:15
The Economist Asks: Margaret MacMillan
After the shocking scenes in Washington DC this week, we ask war historian Margaret MacMillan if violence is an...
27:24
The Economist Asks: Misty Copeland
Was the first black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre earlier denied roles because of her skin colour?...
27:08
The Economist Asks: What next for Germany after Merkel?
Anne McElvoy asks the former German ambassador to the US, Wolfgang Ischinger, if America can still be relied upon as...
26:20
The Economist Asks: Joseph Henrich
How stable is the West? Professor Joseph Henrich, chair of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, says...
28:27
The Economist Asks: Viggo Mortensen
The actor, best known for playing Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, talks about directing his first feature...
26:55
The Economist Asks: Nigella Lawson
The British chef, author and host of television show “Cook, Eat, Repeat”, tells Anne McElvoy how to...
29:50
The Economist Asks: Sonia Friedman
The West End and Broadway producer says visiting closed theatres during the lockdown brought her to tears. Now that...
27:49
The Economist Asks: Jim Clyburn
Nicknamed “the kingmaker”, the South Carolina congressman and civil-rights activist set Joe Biden on his...
29:01
The Economist Asks: The Lincoln Project
President Trump is on course to lose his re-election bid albeit with the second-highest number of votes ever...
32:38
The Economist Asks: John Bolton
Whether Trump wins or loses the election, what next for the Republicans? The President’s former national...
30:02
The Economist Asks: Brené Brown
The Texan research professor, podcaster and adviser to CEOs explains how to preserve mental health in the covid-19...
31:30
The Economist Asks: Martin Amis
The British novelist tells host Anne McElvoy how anyone can become “an expert on words”. She asks Amis,...
33:44
The Economist Asks: Fareed Zakaria & John Micklethwait
Which countries passed and failed "the great covid test"? CNN’s Fareed Zakaria and John Micklethwait, the...
32:48
Celebrating Andy Hoffman
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