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Categories: News & Politics
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The fifth test flight of the absolutely enormous Starship went entirely to plan, returning everything to Earth for reuse and heralding a new era of big space missions with small price tags. Two years after Brazilians ejected Jair Bolsonaro, their inept and dangerous former president, he still shapes right-wing politics (11:30). And the anxiety-lined past and present of self-help books (19:22).
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Previous episodes
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1518 - One giant, cheap for mankind: SpaceX’s Starship Mon, 14 Oct 2024 - 0h
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1517 - Labour’s love lost: Keir Starmer’s first 100 days Fri, 11 Oct 2024 - 0h
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1516 - Paradise lost: Hurricane Milton bashes Florida Thu, 10 Oct 2024 - 0h
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1515 - Google’s lurch: how to fix its monopoly Wed, 09 Oct 2024 - 0h
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1514 - General rule: how to reinvent America’s army Tue, 08 Oct 2024 - 0h
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1513 - Year of destruction: how October 7th shattered the Middle East Mon, 07 Oct 2024 - 0h
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1512 - The Weekend Intelligence: Gaza, after the dust settles (republished) Mon, 07 Oct 2024
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1511 - The Weekend Intelligence: Black boxes (part one): Michael Kovrig on how he became a political hostage in China Sat, 05 Oct 2024 - 0h
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1510 - The arc of war: a bloody week in Lebanon Fri, 04 Oct 2024 - 0h
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1509 - Yuan for the money: China stimulates its economy Thu, 03 Oct 2024 - 0h
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1508 - Veep state: the running mates debate Wed, 02 Oct 2024 - 0h
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1507 - Ground assault: Israeli forces invade Lebanon Tue, 01 Oct 2024 - 0h
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1506 - Beirut force: Israel kills Hizbullah leader Mon, 30 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1505 - The Weekend Intelligence: Crunch time for Ukraine Sat, 28 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1504 - Missile-stop tour: Zelensky in America Fri, 27 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1503 - War or less? Lebanon on the brink Thu, 26 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1502 - No right left: Afghanistan’s oppressed women Wed, 25 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1501 - Shun while it lasted: never-Trumpers’ fading sway Tue, 24 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1500 - Bulls’ AI: funding artificial intelligence Mon, 23 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1499 - Rocketing: Israel escalates Lebanon conflict Fri, 20 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1498 - Fed-letter day: at last, a rate cut Thu, 19 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1497 - Pager turn: the Israel-Hizbullah conflict escalates Wed, 18 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1496 - Playing the fuel: reforming Nigeria’s subsidies Tue, 17 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1495 - Foiled again: a second attempt on Trump Mon, 16 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1493 - Come on out, the vacuum’s fine: SpaceX Fri, 13 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1492 - Chip wreck: Intel is on the rocks Thu, 12 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1491 - Don wan: Harris keeps Trump tame Wed, 11 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1490 - Mario druthers: Draghi’s plan for Europe Tue, 10 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1489 - Plainly reigns but on a plane to Spain: Venezuela’s leader Mon, 09 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1488 - Grand Barnier: France’s new prime minister Fri, 06 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1487 - Current affairs: how batteries will green the grid Thu, 05 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1486 - Beyond the bullets: we go to Ukraine Wed, 04 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1485 - The sound of fury: pressure builds within Israel Tue, 03 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1484 - Extremes come true: Germany’s far-right triumph Mon, 02 Sep 2024 - 0h
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1483 - For whom the well tolls: Why we must price water Fri, 30 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1482 - Nvincible? What could curb Nvidia’s supremacy Thu, 29 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1481 - The Weekend Intelligence: The war the world ignores Sat, 24 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1480 - Cryptic message: why arrest Telegram’s founder? Wed, 28 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1479 - Block busters: how Russia flouts sanctions Tue, 27 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1478 - The chips are down: will diet drugs devour junk food? Mon, 26 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1477 - KamaChameleon: What does Harris stand for? Fri, 23 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1476 - Electric eye: AI is helping fight terrorists Thu, 22 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1475 - The human strain: can mpox be contained? Wed, 21 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1474 - Byte by byte: Iran and Israel’s escalating cyberwar Tue, 20 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1473 - Hail Harris: the Democratic convention begins Mon, 19 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1472 - Landing padded: the global-recession risk Fri, 16 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1471 - One peace at a time: Gaza, Israel and Iran Thu, 15 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1470 - Bait the hook! Fishing in the global talent pool Wed, 14 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1469 - AIOU: what if the AI boom busts? Tue, 13 Aug 2024 - 0h
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1468 - The boot is on the other foot: Ukraine’s surprise incursion Mon, 12 Aug 2024 - 0h