{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/6a7aef1b616564bf00d9b354?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Spring, then fall: a weakened Muslim Brotherhood ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1786441383920-383f749d-49eb-4761-b25d-1a5ed2a9138c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Muslim Brotherhood won power and influence in the Arab Spring of 2011. Now autocrats are resurgent and its leaders are in jail or exile. <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/08/09/is-europe-safer-than-america?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\">Elon Musk says</a> Europe is more dangerous than America. Is he right? And the puzzling popularity of <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/08/03/millions-play-padel-will-anyone-watch-it?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\">padel</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Gareth Browne, Middle East correspondent</li><li>James Fransham, data journalist</li><li>Hamish Clayton, Britain writer</li><li>Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Muslim Brotherhood, Islamism, Arab Spring</li><li>Elon Musk,&nbsp; Insider, Europe, crime,&nbsp;</li><li>Padel, tennis, racket sports</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to <em>The Economist</em></a>.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}