{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/6a292bfe74e72c6295da43f4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Number crunch: why Britons ignore immigrant drop","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1781083036143-14a9058f-9a09-4471-b877-40c7dd8de402.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The British government tightened <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/05/28/britain-has-crushed-immigration-and-harmed-itself?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\">immigration</a> in response to public demand. Yet that policy damaged both the country and the Labour party. Our correspondent embeds on a US <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/international/2026/05/07/americas-submarine-dominance-is-under-threat?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\">nuclear submarine</a> to find out how China and Russia are vying for dominance in the Pacific. And what <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/05/the-chemicals-that-reduce-wrinkles?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\">anti-ageing</a> products actually work?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Joel Budd, Britain social affairs editor</li><li>Anton La Guardia, diplomatic editor</li><li>Ainslie Johnstone, science 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>Immigration, Britain, asylum</li><li>Submarines, Pacific, geopolitics</li><li>Ageing, wrinkles, retinoids, peptides</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"}