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Economist Podcasts

A bird in the hand: Elon Musk buys Twitter

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The world’s richest man now has the keys to one of the most influential social-media platforms. Can it be the free-speech wonderland he is aiming for? Should it? In America marriages involving those under the age of consent remain surprisingly common; we examine why reform remains distant. And a look at the push to redesign outdated, clunky spacesuits. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. In London, I'm Jason Palmer.

1:08.7

And in New York, I'm John Fastman.

1:11.6

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:17.6

Between 2000 and 2018, 60,000 minors under the age of consent were married in America.

1:25.6

We speak with one of them and ask why there's so little appetite

1:29.2

for reform to child marriage laws. And one astronaut has compared fixing panels on the International

1:36.1

Space Station to doing car repairs while riding a skateboard and wearing heavy oven mitts. Space suits

1:42.5

are cumbersome and can weigh up to 300 pounds.

1:45.8

A better alternative may be one small step away.

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