{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/049d8b54-7d0a-448c-80c8-ed07319af1f0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bench press: Trump’s Supreme Court pick","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/62e286e0dc55dd001230b57d.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>On gun rights, abortion policy and health care Amy Coney Barrett, the <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/09/27/donald-trump-nominates-amy-coney-barrett-to-the-supreme-court?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">seemingly unstoppable</a> successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, will shift the court’s balance for decades. In China, the visually impaired are usually <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/china/2020/08/13/only-five-blind-people-sat-chinas-university-entrance-exam-this-year?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shuffled off</a> to the massage industry; we meet blind students with greater ambitions. And tracing the origins of the <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/1843/2020/08/28/mash-hits-the-land-that-spawned-the-supermarket-spud?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">boring supermarket spud</a>. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}