{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/6ac8c16cd3bfab176e10a5a7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Saving your bacon: healthy-eating policy evolves","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1791539956568-175f161a-b452-4f9c-9c20-296bae214ee1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Decades of messaging have not worked, so governments are trying <u><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/international/2026/10/08/nagging-people-to-eat-healthily-does-not-work?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\">new ways</a></u> to get citizens to eat well, from scary labelling to taxing the junkiest foods. Will it work? The death of a <u><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/10/06/the-plague-may-have-escaped-from-a-lab-in-siberia?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\">plague researcher</a></u> in Russia is made more mysterious by the government’s resolute lack of transparency. And a tribute to <u><a href=\"https://www.economist.com/obituary/2026/10/08/cyril-hilsum-invented-the-flat-screen-displays-that-hold-us-in-thrall?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\">Cyril Hilsum</a></u>, the inventor behind ubiquitous flat-screen displays. </p><p><br></p><p><em>Watch extended clips from Insider <u><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\">here</a></u>.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Slavea Chankova, health-care correspondent</li><li>Alex Turner, defence editor</li><li>Ann Wroe, obituaries editor</li><li>Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered: </p><ul><li>diet, public health, health policy</li><li>Russia, plague, bioweapons</li><li>Cyril Hilsum, liquid crystals, flat-screen displays</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<u><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to The Economist</a></u>.</em></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}