Okay, folks, you are listening to Planet Porky. Thank you very much indeed for joining us. Thank you also for all the responses we've had to previous podcasts. We're building a bit of momentum here, Jake, a bit ahead of steam. Do you feel that? Yeah, we're doing that.

We're cruising through the airwaves, luck of it. Most people were on my side about Cantonar, by the way.

In our last Pad Cosby, we talked about Cantonar.

You know, you seem to think it was extraordinary that I was on the side of Cantanar

against a mowdy little scrotish thug who was giving him a hard time. I mean, it's crazy that a guy who was working at the FA says he would have dropped kicks.

Oh yeah, definitely.

Yeah, without a shadow of a doubt.

But I've also had a few people telling me they were on my side about the idea of a boat made out of ice

going through the Atlantic Ocean trying to sink Nazi warships.

But there we are. Okay, folks, I want to tell you why, if you read The Economist on a

regular basis, you are kept in touch with all the major issues that will shape and dominate

life as you know it. I mean that sincerely, folks. The Economist is not just about politics

and finance and business, though it is all about all of that, of course, but it's so wide it'll take you

into drama, to literature, to theatre, to sport, and all the things that matter to give you

a complete life, okay? It sifts through all the noise, it focuses on the essential information,

and it tells the real story. And what about this? It's been a trusted source of intelligence in this country and worldwide, I would say, for over 170 years.

That's an awful long time to be trusted, as the economist's name is.

It's for the kind of person who never stops asking the questions and wants to know why the world is the way it is.

And one particular feature which has fastened my imagination and fascination for two or three weeks now

and they're reporting regularly on it is the effect that women's sport is having on the world economy.

You know how important it's been to the summer here in England

and summers around the world, and it's growing,

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