{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/6a74600ec3e1347e8b5bf216?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Socialist mobility: a telling Michigan vote","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1786011615156-a4bd58ca-b225-4220-8f84-1bda364adf4d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We examine one of America’s primary races, in which a <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/08/05/americas-democratic-socialists-are-having-the-summer-of-their-lives?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\">sharply lefty candidate</a> beat the establishment figure. What does that reveal about changes in the Democratic Party? For decades China’s Yangtze River was a polluted, overfished mess. We look at the wins from <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/china/2026/07/27/chinas-mightiest-river-is-coming-back-from-the-brink?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\">cleaning it up</a>—and who loses. And a fond look back at <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/07/29/the-world-is-entering-a-post-postcard-era?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\">postcards</a> as they fade from use.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>John Prideaux, executive editor and host, “Checks and Balance”</li><li>Gabriel Crossley, China correspondent</li><li>Catherine Nixey, Britain correspondent</li><li>Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>America’s primary season, Democratic Socialists of America, Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed</li><li>China, Yangtze River, remediation</li><li>postcards, second world war, British history</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 The Economist</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}