{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/6a85798d1ad8716bb6078744?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Wake-up haul: an Ozempic moment for the brain","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1787132293916-da3325ce-e869-45eb-836a-5380f947a5cb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Orexins are peptides involved in the body’s sleep-wake system—and are big pharma’s next big thing. Like multi-purpose GLPs, they may have <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/08/11/the-brain-may-be-about-to-have-its-ozempic-moment?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\">far more uses</a> than just regulating shuteye. We ask why Japan’s post-war innovation boom petered out, and what must be done to <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/13/japans-downbeat-startups-need-a-lift?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\">breed more unicorns</a>. And why procrastination seems to be on the rise, and <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/07/31/how-to-stop-procrastinating?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\">how to beat it</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Shailesh Chitnis, global business correspondent</li><li>Ethan Wu, Asia business and finance editor</li><li>Benjamin Sutherland, science writer</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>orexins, peptides, sleep disorders, pharmaceuticals</li><li>Japan, innovation, startups</li><li>procrastination</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"}