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What will the world’s richest man do in the White House? Our correspondent analyses the political and ideological role Elon Musk could play in Donald Trump’s second term. “Small things like these” may be fiction but it is based on grim historical truths in Ireland (9:30). And Chile is suffering a spate of salmon heists (15:22).
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Previous episodes
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5254 - All for one: Donald Trump and his key MusketeerThu, 21 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5253 - Up and atom: can Trump stop Iranian nukes?Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5252 - Rio brand: why Brazil is courting ChinaTue, 19 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5251 - The long game: how will US missiles help Ukraine?Mon, 18 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5250 - Kyiv calm and carry on: Trump’s win may benefit UkraineFri, 15 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5249 - The Peking order: Can China’s army surpass the US?Thu, 14 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5248 - Needs Musk: Donald Trump’s new appointmentsWed, 13 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5247 - Parting Scholz: what next for Germany?Tue, 12 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5246 - Some like it hot: could Trump derail climate talks?Mon, 11 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5245 - Look at who’s talking: divining Trump’s Middle East plansFri, 08 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5244 - Do the after math: how Trump wonThu, 07 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5243 - Don of a new age: Trump’s decisive winWed, 06 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5242 - Election results: a brief message from John PrideauxWed, 06 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5241 - Vote! Our election-day specialTue, 05 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5240 - Last-ditch pitch: America’s campaigns concludeMon, 04 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5239 - Turn up the PA: the last in our swing-state seriesFri, 01 Nov 2024 - 0h
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5238 - Tax driver: Labour’s budgetThu, 31 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5237 - Hot shot: the wider promise of weight-loss jabsWed, 30 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5236 - Ukraine reaction: Russia deploys North KoreansTue, 29 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5235 - Timed bombs: Israel’s pre-election attack on IranMon, 28 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5234 - The Weekend Intelligence: The ApologySun, 27 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5233 - Follow the leader: who will run Hamas?Fri, 25 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5232 - Coming up Trump: our election model puts Harris behindThu, 24 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5231 - Left field: a new force in German politicsWed, 23 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5230 - Marching borders: what was Hizbullah’s plan?Tue, 22 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5229 - Spies isn’t everything: Putin’s global-chaos machineMon, 21 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5228 - Leaderless: the death of Yahya SinwarFri, 18 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5227 - Shoal searching: the South China sea simmersThu, 17 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5226 - Your money for a run? Campaign finance in AmericaWed, 16 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5225 - Keir eye for the FDI: an interview with Britain’s PMTue, 15 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5224 - One giant, cheap for mankind: SpaceX’s StarshipMon, 14 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5223 - Labour’s love lost: Keir Starmer’s first 100 daysFri, 11 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5222 - Paradise lost: Hurricane Milton bashes FloridaThu, 10 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5221 - Google’s lurch: how to fix its monopolyWed, 09 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5220 - General rule: how to reinvent America’s armyTue, 08 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5219 - Year of destruction: how October 7th shattered the Middle EastMon, 07 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5218 - The Weekend Intelligence: Gaza, after the dust settles (republished)Mon, 07 Oct 2024
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5217 - The Weekend Intelligence: Black boxes (part one): Michael Kovrig on how he became a political hostage in ChinaSat, 05 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5216 - A key Keystone: the race for PennsylvaniaFri, 04 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5215 - The arc of war: a bloody week in LebanonFri, 04 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5214 - Yuan for the money: China stimulates its economyThu, 03 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5213 - Veep state: the running mates debateWed, 02 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5212 - Ground assault: Israeli forces invade LebanonTue, 01 Oct 2024 - 0h
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5211 - Beirut force: Israel kills Hizbullah leaderMon, 30 Sep 2024 - 0h
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5210 - The Weekend Intelligence: Crunch time for UkraineSat, 28 Sep 2024 - 0h
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5209 - Woke croaks: “peak woke” has passedFri, 27 Sep 2024 - 0h
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5208 - Missile-stop tour: Zelensky in AmericaFri, 27 Sep 2024 - 0h
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5207 - War or less? Lebanon on the brinkThu, 26 Sep 2024 - 0h
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5206 - No right left: Afghanistan’s oppressed womenWed, 25 Sep 2024 - 0h
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5205 - Shun while it lasted: never-Trumpers’ fading swayTue, 24 Sep 2024 - 0h
