Sam Colbert
@SamColbert
Immigrant. Podcast series producer at The Economist. Credits include The Prince, Next Year in Moscow, Boss Class and The Modi Raj.
Previously: BBC, CBC.
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7 months, 4 trips to India, 60+ interviews. This labour of love drops in 2 weeks: The Modi Raj. I speak to the people closest to Narendra Modi -- his tailor, his personal secretary, his interpreter, his economic advisers and more. The trailer is out now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
For the second time recently I’ve had a man airdrop me his number on the tube (or something else that I’ve not opened to see). When I asked why he’d done it I got a slew of creepy messages. Is this commonplace? Interested to hear how often this happens EverydaySexism
The store run by the Drug User Liberation Front has been running for a year. No customer has yet died of an overdose
Sam Colbert visits a shop in Canada where members come to buy clean cocaine, heroin and meth econ.st/481oFvv
Unsure what to make of those #chinacoup rumours? To learn more about how China's leader actually wields power, listen to The Prince. It's The Economist's first long-form podcast. I'm excited to host it. All 8 episodes are out today, on your podcast app: econ.st/3dSHv0A
19 June was International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. The Foreign Sec has announced a new UK strategy is coming, but what does the existing one do? And how has it performed? I've taken a look for Commons Library commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…