{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/6a97f0a5a4a22c581728b85f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Right in front: AfD could win German state","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1788342367730-300e3a1f-534a-4372-9096-8ef1ac8ec0c9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On Sunday, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/31/how-the-alternative-for-germany-would-govern?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\">Alternative for Germany</a> could become the first far-right nationalist party to win a state election since the end of the second world war. Is Britain right to worry about <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/08/20/why-everybody-hates-palantir?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\">Palantir</a> handling government contracts? And could the Chinese learn to love <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/china/2026/08/20/will-china-ever-learn-to-love-chocolate?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\">chocolate</a>?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Tom Nuttall, chief Germany correspondent</li><li>Georgia Banjo, Britain correspondent</li><li>Don Weinland, China business and finance editor</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>Germany, AfD, Alternative for Germany, Saxony-Anhalt</li><li>Palantir, NHS</li><li>China, chocolate&nbsp;</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"}