{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/681dd262365a6906d3678d3a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Holy smoke! An American pope","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1746784150925-305c3b56-8fee-4ecf-a1a5-5e495f1a2013.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The choice of Robert Prevost reflects a desire for <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/05/08/what-it-means-to-have-an-american-on-the-throne-of-st-peter?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">unity and compromise</a>. But insofar as Pope Leo XIV represents a middle path, how will he lead on the church’s trickiest questions? The Trump administration has <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/05/08/donald-trump-is-right-to-ditch-joe-bidens-chip-export-rules?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">axed</a> Biden-era export controls on AI chips. Good. Now they must enact simpler, more-effective ones (11:29). And remembering <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/obituary/2025/05/01/martin-graham-was-determined-to-see-his-dream-come-true?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Graham</a>, founder of the Longborough Festival Opera (19:34).</p><p><br></p><p><em>Economist Education is running a new six-week online course on international relations—a window into shifting geopolitical trends and a guide to navigating uncertainty and risk. Listeners to “The Intelligence” can save 15% by clicking </em><a href=\"https://education.economist.com/intelligence\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>here</em></a><em> and using the code INTELLIGENCE.</em></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}