{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/e421d786-ec36-4148-aa99-7a3b2928a779/a87b69f5-d47c-413a-84cb-773bc2e8643f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Babbage: The parasites and the pandemic","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d9fe5e874247/62e286c1bd17c20012ef4087.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>While the world has been preoccupied with tackling covid-19, deadly malaria epidemics are continuing around the world. Robert Guest, The Economist’s foreign editor, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/10/31/how-covid-19-hinders-the-fight-against-malaria?utm_campaign=babbage&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">investigates how covid-19 has affected the fight against malaria</a> and talks to scientists in Senegal working to eliminate the disease. Also, historian Timothy Winegard explains <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2020/12/19/how-malaria-has-shaped-humanity?utm_campaign=babbage&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">how malaria has shaped life on Earth</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to <em>The Economist</em> for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer?utm_campaign=babbage&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}