{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/69ef3521119a778978cdf43a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Security banquet: queries over Trump protection","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1777283435180-8c845175-daf0-4447-a1f5-c2f86de06401.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>After a <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/04/26/a-gunman-storms-donald-trumps-dinner-with-the-press?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\">gunman</a> stormed Donald Trump’s dinner with the press, questions are being revived about the president’s security. Germany’s <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/04/22/can-the-germans-fight?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\">top general</a> explains the country’s new defence strategy. And listeners respond to our Weekend Intelligence episode on the <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2026/04/18/meet-the-passport-bros?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\">passport bros</a> who go abroad to find “a good woman”.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>John Prideaux, host of “Checks and Balance” and US editor</li><li>Tom Nuttall, Berlin bureau chief</li><li>Carla Subirana, reporter</li><li>Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li><li>Jason Palmer, co-hosts of “The intelligence”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Donald Trump, assassination attempt, White House dinner, Cole Tomas Allen</li><li>Carsten Breuer, Bundeswehr, NATO, Ukraine</li><li>Passport bros, tradwife, misogyny&nbsp;</li></ul><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"}