{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8044dc9e-e5f2-44bd-9c1c-e86bd88b72a0/63c54cdc5c543800109c6ade?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The World Ahead 2023: Watch the mega-states","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a734d4d94bc8874243/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Where is American politics heading in 2023? Alexandra Suich Bass, <em>The Economist</em>'s senior correspondent for politics, technology and society, and our Lexington columnist, James Bennet, look outside Washington, DC, to the four <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2022/11/18/to-understand-americas-future-watch-the-four-mega-states?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theworldahead&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">mega-states</a> to take the political temperature. Will divided government and <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2022/11/18/american-politics-will-be-on-a-knife-edge-in-2023?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theworldahead&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">razor-thin majorities</a> cause politics to grind to a halt in the coming year? And will the presidential election of <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2022/11/14/donald-trump-and-joe-biden-both-want-to-run-again?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theworldahead&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">2024</a> be a re-run of 2020? Tom Standage hosts.</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to <em>The Economist</em> for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}