{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/62ece8437ec4f10012d8fa3f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Our summer special: a despot, a magic trick and a star","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>In a bumper episode, we highlight a summer’s-worth of deeply reported stories from 1843, our sister magazine: we profile <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/07/28/mbs-despot-in-the-desert\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Muhammad bin Salman</a>, the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, who is both a liberalising reformer and a fearsome consolidator of power. We ask why <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/07/28/how-magicians-won-facebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">magicians</a> are behind so many viral videos. And we explore humanity’s long-running ambivalence toward <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/07/28/the-sun-is-both-our-creator-and-destroyer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the sun</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"}