{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/69e742f807ecece42a31699c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Mac daddy: Apple’s new boss","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1776763598506-2afe1b9c-5d6a-4ad1-ade3-58c6bb6247a6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Tim Cook is stepping down after overseeing 15 years of spectacular growth. We take a look at <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/business/2026/04/21/tim-cook-hands-apple-over-to-its-hardware-guru?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\">his successor</a>. Japan’s rural women are disproportionately heading to cities, and their home towns are <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/04/01/why-women-more-than-men-are-abandoning-rural-japan?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\">working hard</a> to lure them back. And a historical examination of boredom, and why Britons have perhaps less of it <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/04/05/britons-are-less-bored-than-they-used-to-be-this-is-bad?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\">than they should</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Tom Lee-Devlin, business editor</li><li>Moeka Iida, Japan reporter</li><li>Catherine Nixey, culture correspondent</li><li>Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li><li>Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Apple, technology, CEO, John Ternus</li><li>Japan, demographics</li><li>Britain, boredom</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Get a world of insights by </em><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>subscribing to Economist Podcasts+</em></a><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"}