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John Shields

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Director of Podcasts @TheEconomist

'Scam Inc' out February 6th

'Next Year in Moscow', 'The Prince' - New Yorker, Vulture, Audible podcasts of the year

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Great to see @arkadyostrovsky's Next Year In Moscow in rarified company among Audible's pods of the year audible.com/blog/article-2…

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We’re thrilled that “Next Year in Moscow”, our podcast with Arkady Ostrovsky, has been featured by Apple Podcasts as one of the shows they loved this year econ.st/47REqUI

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Rishi Sunak is not very good at politics. His Rwanda policy is bad—but his party is the real problem. The Conservatives are incapable of offering Britain either stability or normality econ.st/48bRAwB

Rishi Sunak is not very good at politics. His Rwanda policy is bad—but his party is the real problem. The Conservatives are incapable of offering Britain either stability or normality econ.st/48bRAwB
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On this week’s “Drum Tower” David Rennie and Alice Su 蘇奕安 discuss Taiwan’s upcoming elections. The stakes are higher than ever before—not just for Taiwan but for the future of democracy. Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3RQUEal 👇

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Talk to people who have made the leap into CEO roles and they will frequently comment on how intense the job is, how tough it is to switch off. The sheer physical demands of big jobs mean that certain types of people have an advantage over others econ.st/48Q1tjO 👇

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Want to work at The Economist? Our award-winning social-media team is recruiting an editor and a fellow (intern), both based in our London newsroom. The closing date is February 16th. Full details here 👇economist.com/news/2024/01/3…

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When we chose the title of this series a year ago, Alexei Navalny's 'beautiful Russia of the future' felt like something more than a dream. His death is a nightmare. Arkady Ostrovsky's new episode is a kind of catharsis x.com/TheEconomist/s…

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The only non-Scandinavian country that makes it into the top 5 places in the world to be a working woman is…🇫🇷 The latest glass-ceiling ranking from ⁦The Economist⁩ ⬇️

The only non-Scandinavian country that makes it into the top 5 places in the world to be a working woman is…🇫🇷

The latest glass-ceiling ranking from ⁦<a href="/TheEconomist/">The Economist</a>⁩ ⬇️
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What is intelligence? In a special four-part series our “Babbage” podcast examines the science that built the AI revolution. Host Alok Jha discovers how human intelligence relates to the artificial kind. Join us: econ.st/4c2O7Tg 👇🧵

What is intelligence? 

In a special four-part series our “Babbage” podcast examines the science that built the AI revolution. Host <a href="/alokjha/">Alok Jha</a> discovers how human intelligence relates to the artificial kind. Join us: econ.st/4c2O7Tg 👇🧵
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The presidential debate was awful for Joe Biden, but the cover-­up has been worse. The dishonesty of his campaign provokes contempt. He must withdraw econ.st/3VSrJEF

The presidential debate was awful for Joe Biden, but the cover-­up has been worse. The dishonesty of his campaign provokes contempt. He must withdraw econ.st/3VSrJEF
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Why are two old, unpopular men running for the world's most demanding job - again? Our new series is about the generation that blew up American politics. Episode 2 is out today econ.st/3xTkmov

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Love @Economist podcasts? Wanna tell everyone else how good they are? Here's the job for you linkedin.com/jobs/view/3960…

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This year I spent months in Colombia, Mexico, and California, following Chinese migrants hoping to seek asylum in the US. It's a route that's become known as 走线. We made a 4-part podcast series about their journey. The first episode is free this week: open.spotify.com/episode/0vTtYs…

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Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc econ.st/4hD0CHi

Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc econ.st/4hD0CHi
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“Scam Inc”, our new podcast, explores a dystopian, criminal underworld of forced labour, corruption and intrigue. Listen along as Sue-Lin Wong 黄淑琳 investigates econ.st/42Htaeb 👇

“Scam Inc”, our new podcast, explores a dystopian, criminal underworld of forced labour, corruption and intrigue. 

Listen along as <a href="/suelinwong/">Sue-Lin Wong 黄淑琳</a> investigates econ.st/42Htaeb 👇
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My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL

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A new series of Boss Class kicks off today with one of the biggest jobs in the world—the Google boss dealing with 2 billion users a day. And one of the best—a designer of space Lego. It's funny and useful. Have a listen econ.st/44Spfwv