{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/698efe7e7301331f1f674bd5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Stock options: how to hedge an AI bubble","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1770978721735-fb7ebdb0-eda3-4480-9b08-436aa5756bde.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Tech firms are spending so much on artificial intelligence that investors are getting nervous. Our correspondent explains whether it is possible to <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/08/how-to-hedge-a-bubble-ai-edition?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\">protect your portfolio</a> from a crash. <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/01/15/who-might-succeed-recep-tayyip-erdogan?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\">Turkey’s ruler</a> has become increasingly autocratic–and increasingly old. Who might succeed him? And celebrating the life of literary agent <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/obituary/2026/02/05/georges-borchardt-made-a-life-from-a-love-of-reading?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\">Georges Borchardt</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”</li><li>Josh Roberts, capital markets correspondent</li><li>Piotr Zalewski, Turkey correspondent</li><li>Jon Fasman, senior culture correspondent</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Hedging against an AI bubble</li><li>Turkey after Erdogan</li><li>Obituary of literary agent Georges Borchardt</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—</em><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href=\"https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>our video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account. </em></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}