{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/6a75b3695d765781a2b1b132?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Outsider chance: ending Sudan’s proxy war","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1786097879178-a4df3b43-1793-4f8d-a415-79193422ffa2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We look at the peace that has settled over Khartoum, the ruined capital. <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/interactive/international/2026/08/06/a-battle-for-supremacy-has-laid-sudan-and-its-capital-to-waste?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\">War rages on</a> elsewhere, and a <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/06/how-to-end-sudans-brutal-forgotten-conflict?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\">slim chance</a> at a settlement rests largely with the belligerents’ foreign patrons. We ask why President Donald Trump has <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/07/30/how-to-turn-solutions-into-problems?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\">picked a fight</a> over a new bridge between Canada and America. And remembering <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/obituary/2026/08/06/betye-saar-believed-thrown-out-objects-should-have-a-second-life?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\">Betye Saar</a>, who provided profound second lives for discarded objects.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Watch extended clips from Insider </em><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/interactive/insider/previews?utm_campaign=a.brand_fy2627_q1_awareness-imp-tr_prospecting_global-global_direct_na&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.pd&amp;utm_source=economist&amp;utm_content=discovery.awareness.anonymous.tr_nativeread_np-tiinsider-apr_na-na_web_na_na_na_na&amp;utm_term=sa.arc-isi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Tom Gardner, Africa correspondent</li><li>Annie Crabill, senior digital editor</li><li>Ann Wroe, obituaries editor</li><li>Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Sudan war, proxy war, geopolitics&nbsp;</li><li>Canada-America relations, Gordie Howe Bridge</li><li>Betye Saar, art</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"}